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On Campus Blog

What are YOU doing over winter vacation?

What are YOU doing over winter vacation?

I’m working during the holidays, so that means I’m looking for a few stories to cover.  With that in mind, I’d love to know what college students are doing during their winter break. Are you working to make a little extra money to cover tuition?  Any interesting jobs out there we should know about?  Maybe…
by Tim Post

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The University of Minnesota's big push for more research funding

The University of Minnesota's big push for more research funding

Although the University of Minnesota’s research partnerships with industry have been fairly flat over the past few years, President Eric Kaler is on a campaign to give them a big boost, MPR’s Tim Post reports today. Part of the push was a recently announced — and well-received — change in policy in which the U…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Humphrey School fellows help fund their own jobs

// To fund programs in an era of tight finances, the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs is using a model that may be a bit unusual in the academic world of public policy: the self-funded fellow. The salaries and benefits of the school’s 30-plus tenured and tenure-track faculty are funded by the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Dropouts, donor intent and race-based admissions

Let’s Stop Celebrating College Dropouts In a time of economic uncertainty, America’s imagination has been captured by companies largely founded by college dropouts. Our school curricula certainly don’t emphasize applied business skills. High schools don’t teach finance, colleges don’t teach sales. Conformity seems prized over risk-taking. It’s an easy argument to make. But what is the evidence?…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why some UMN grad students want to organize

Why some UMN grad students want to organize

Last week I covered a forum on a group of University of Minnesota graduate students who want to unionize. On the radio, I mentioned the group’s desire to have a greater say in their working conditions. But typical reporter that I am, I needed to get to the issue of why they thought they needed…
by Alex Friedrich

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What a Minnetonka High college applicant is writing for the NY Times

Money will be an issue for me when choosing a college. I looked at schools farther away, like Cornell University and University of California, Davis, but I just can’t afford to pay that much for an undergraduate degree. My parents have agreed to pay only the equivalent of in-state tuition, and I don’t want an…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: Why that cow was on the Mac campus

Video: Why that cow was on the Mac campus

Remember that cow on Macalester Campus that people were talking about a couple of weeks ago? Here’s why it was there — a Mac spoof of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, starring President Brian Rosenberg. (Rosenberg is at it again after his popular President’s Day video.) And that cow reference: It’s a well-known Mac story that…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why the U issued a warning letter to one of its physicians

Why the U issued a warning letter to one of its physicians

“I thought I was doing as good a job as could be done on the disclosure and complying with the university policies. I came up short in two or three instances where my ‘I’s’ weren’t perfectly dotted or ‘T’s’ crossed. I acknowledge that and completely accept the responsibility that goes with it.” — University of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: If Keynes and Hayek had rapped

Video: If Keynes and Hayek had rapped

For your Econ 101 students: In the style of the previous Strunk and White video, famed economists John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek go out on the town before attending a conference — and turn their theories into rap battle.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: James Franco, Korean exams and education in one course

Making Science Leap From the Page When a college textbook, “Principles of Biology,” comes out from the Nature Publishing Group in January, one place it won’t be is on the shelves of school bookstores. (The New York Times) M.I.T. Expands Its Free Online Courses While students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pay thousands of dollars for courses, the university will announce a new program…
by Alex Friedrich

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