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January 10, 2012 2:22 AM

Why MnSCU campuses in northern Minnesota are uniting

Northland Community and Technical College President Anne Temte explains one reason more than 20 MnSCU college and university campuses are forming an alliance that would enable two-year campuses to offer four-year degrees: “A number of people in our rural areas are hungry for higher ed opportunities, but they can’t dislocate from their jobs or families to pursue…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 10, 2012 1:35 AM

Notes in the Margins: Mansions, training subsidies and conservative law profs

Private Sector Gets Job Skills; Public Gets Bill Critics suggest that state worker-training programs for new companies may not be in the best interest of workers if the resulting jobs pay low wages or simply disappear after a few years, leaving employees with narrow skills that do not help them land new positions. (The New York…

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January 9, 2012 9:09 AM

What some Mac education thinkers say about dual-credit programs

Joe Nathan, director of Macalester College‘s Center for School Change, tells MPR reporter Tom Weber why a law should be dropped that prevents colleges from advertising that Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) programs can save families lots in college tuition by having students take college classes while in high school. “We think families need to clearly…

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January 9, 2012 6:25 AM

A Lawlor handout on translating the liberal arts

As a follow-up to my previous post, here’s a handout that John Lawlor of The Lawlor Group handed out during a recent panel discussion on how to make the case for liberal arts.

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January 9, 2012 6:10 AM

What a MN higher-ed consultant says about the liberal arts

Higher-education marketing executive John Lawlor of The Lawlor Group in Eden Prairie gives one reason colleges need to better explain the need for a liberal-arts education: Most people have a vague understanding of what “liberal arts” means, in the sense of well rounded, broad-based, etc. But some people are at the extreme of thinking it’s…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 9, 2012 4:29 AM

The University of Minnesota's priorities for the bonding bill

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January 9, 2012 2:43 AM

The student-loan burden I'm finally free of

Yep, I’m finally free of the (modest) burden of student-loan payments, now that I’ve paid off the $6,600 I racked up in grad school. To finance my $30,000 year-long program (2008-2009), I sold my car, cashed in unused vacation from my job and used a good bit of savings. The loan was what was left.…

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January 9, 2012 2:12 AM

Notes in the Margins: E-books, Asian interest and Chicago community colleges

Lack of interest and aptitude keeps students out of STEM majors Students interested in STEM are primarily motivated by academic and career achievement, a report suggests, while “the academic focus for non-STEM students concerns college as a general life experience and suggest prior gaps in acquisition of critical academic skills.” (The Washington Post) College study: E-books…

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January 6, 2012 9:53 AM

What's St. Cloud's Potter doing with online education?

St. Cloud State University sounds like it’s working on some sort of boost in how it and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system provides online education. President Earl Potter is teaming up with Provost Devinder Malhotra to “reinvent” the online game, the school announced yesterday. In a news release, Malhotra says: “The…

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January 6, 2012 3:26 AM

Bemidji/Northwest president not pursuing North Dakota leadership job

“I’m in the middle of stuff here in Bemidji.” — Bemidji State University / Northwest Technical College President Richard Hanson to a question on whether he’d apply for the chancellorship of the North Dakota University System despite being nominated, The Bemidji Pioneer reports. Hanson had a tough first year on the job, facing protests after…

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