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January 13, 2012 7:47 AM

Why it's not easy to be green — at least with some things

Those Oles must love their college. I’m still getting e-mail about my visit to St. Olaf last month. My little piece on the chicken wrap at the Lion’s Cage also seems to have touched a minor environmental nerve, judging from feedback I’ve received. (After seeing so much environmental consciousness at the school, at the time…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 13, 2012 6:47 AM

Three quick questions about this week's Hosanna-Tabor case

After posting that snippet about whether Wednesday’s Hosanna-Tabor case decision applies to higher education, I still had the feeling that some professors at religiously affiliated colleges will be asking themselves: Will this affect me? (You may remember that the Supreme Court ruling essentially allows religious schools to classify certain employees as “ministers,” leaving them exempt…

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January 13, 2012 2:48 AM

Rosenstone hints of MnSCU changes to come

“We need to look at everything. Nothing can be off the table.” — Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) Chancellor Steven Rosenstone to MPR’s Tim Post on the academic and financial changes necessary to reform the system. He hopes to unveil some of them this summer. Listen to the audio and read the full article here.

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January 13, 2012 2:01 AM

Notes in the Margins: Placement tests, mergers and scrutiny of lenders

The idea of ‘impact’ has been hijacked: We are in danger of suffocation by the ‘impact agenda’ and risk losing sight of the original value of research. Negative findings and research failures are essential parts in the journey to increasing academic knowledge. (LSE / Impact of Social Sciences) IBM sees students’ Facebook time as more than…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 12, 2012 8:22 AM

Why did students reward pols whose party pushed for larger ed cuts?

One might think that constituents support those who bring in the money. But this year the organization representing students at Minnesota’s two-year colleges has awarded its legislator-of-the-year awards to leaders in the party that pushed for larger cuts in higher-education spending. The Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) has named Senate higher-education committee Chairwoman Michelle…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 12, 2012 4:49 AM

What a St. Thomas law prof wrote about the Hosanna-Tabor case

Here’s a paper co-written by University of St. Thomas Law School professor Tom Berg for the Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy on the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission case I mentioned in my previous post.

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January 12, 2012 4:28 AM

Are religious colleges covered by yesterday's SCOTUS ruling?

University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock tells the New York Times that yesterday’s momentous Supreme Court ruling in the Hosanna-Tabor Church v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission case — which granted religious schools an exception to employment discrimination laws — doesn’t just apply to K-12: Asked about professors at Catholic universities like Notre Dame, Professor…

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January 12, 2012 2:52 AM

Twin Cities exec: Trends you'll see in higher-education

Well-regarded Twin Cities higher-education marketing executive John Lawlor of The Lawlor Group has come up with five trends to watch in 2012: College is becoming unaffordable. Consumers are demanding results. Social media is normalizing transparency. Competition is breeding commodification. (He’s rolling out one a day, so I assume the fifth is coming out tomorrow.) Read what he has to…

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January 12, 2012 2:27 AM

One fee that some Moorhead faculty don't oppose

Minnesota State University – Moorhead English professor Laura Fasick explains why she’s OK with paying the new $45-per-semester faculty charge to ride the local bus: “I like the fact that when I’m on the bus I can read. I can write. I can get a lot of things done. In that sense, it saves me…

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January 12, 2012 1:46 AM

Notes in the Margins: Red wine, civics and branching out abroad

Prepaid college plans: shrinking options, rising risks Prepaid plans, popular college savings vehicles offered at one time in about 20 U.S. states, are increasingly running on empty. About half of them have stopped taking new money, according to Savingforcollege.com, and many of the rest are struggling. It means that the majority of Americans, including those in places…

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