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What a biotech voice says about the UMN's new research policy

This announcement from the University of Minnesota is one of the most innovative tech transfer policy advancements since the passage of Bayh-Dole. This initiative distinguishes the University of Minnesota among all peers and we believe that it will significantly advance the number and impact of relationships between industry and the University. We encourage you, our…
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Notes in the Margins: Bribes, teen parents and band hazing

Testing Firm Faces Inquiry on Free Trips for Officials New York State’s attorney general is investigating whether the Pearson Foundation, the nonprofit arm of one of the nation’s largest educational publishers, acted improperly to influence state education officials by paying for overseas trips and other perks. (The New York Times) The consequences of expanding college access…
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Slideshow: Fall-winter 2011 on some Minnesota college campuses

Key: Christmas at Bethany concert (Bethany Lutheran College) St. Cloud State football crowd (St. Cloud State University) Fall colors (College of St. Benedict) 15th annual Lighting a Tradition ceremony in front of Tower Hall in Duluth (College of St. Scholastica) Festive shoes for the annual holiday celebration (Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College /…
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What a dean says about St. Cloud's differential tuition system

What a dean says about St. Cloud's differential tuition system

After writing a post  earlier this month that asked questions about how St. Cloud State University (among others) should handle the charging of different tuition rates among various programs, I recently got this reply from Mark Springer, interim dean of the university’s College of Liberal Arts & School of the Arts. St. Cloud State had…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Yiddish, flexibility and saving the public Ivies

Oy vey! Yiddish making a comeback at colleges The language came close to dying out after the Holocaust as millions of Yiddish speakers either perished in Nazi concentration camps or fled to other countries where their native tongue was not welcome. Emory and other universities like Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and McGill University in Canada are…
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Why time has run out for Saint Paul College's watchmaking program

Why time has run out for Saint Paul College's watchmaking program

What Saint Paul College once billed as the nation’s oldest watchmaking program is closing down, the college’s president confirmed late yesterday afternoon. Rassoul Dastmozd did not elaborate, but wrote me an e-mail stating: “The Saint Paul College Watchmaking Program ended this month following decreases in enrollment and continued funding challenges.  All students who remained in…
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UMN says MN Supreme Court will review Tubby Smith lower-court ruling

Remember the legal flap over the Tubby Smith hiring dispute? This just came from the U: Minnesota Supreme Court grants university’s petition to review lower courts’ decisions in lawsuit brought by James Williams The University of Minnesota today received notice that the Minnesota Supreme Court has granted the university’s petition to review the lower courts’…
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What the state Office of Higher Education's new blog looks like

What the state Office of Higher Education's new blog looks like

There’s Big Tobacco, there’s Big Oil. Now there’s Big Ed — the new higher-education blog by the state Office of Higher Education. It has been online for about a month, so I thought I’d check in to see how it’s progressing. The opening post by the office’s director of communications, Sandy Connolly, states the blog…
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