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Why we shouldn't listen to those college naysayers

Kent Pekel of the University of Minnesota and Dane Smith of Growth & Justice explain in the Star Tribune why succumbing to the “Is College Worth It?” mentality — fostered by many recent articles and commentaries — is dangerous: Allowing these nuances and footnotes to foster a new public policy fad — along the lines that…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Gustavus thinks reading for fun isn't dead — just on hold

Why Gustavus thinks reading for fun isn't dead — just on hold

Gustavus Adolphus junior Tristan Richards, an avid reader, nonetheless tells U.S. News & World Report why she doesn’t read much for pleasure while in college: “I just don’t carry a book around [with] me anymore because I should be using my time for school. And personally, when I have a ton of pages to read…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Pells, law school, therapy dogs and CEO pay

CEO pay comparison unrealistic What salaries CEOs make and what leaders at traditional colleges and universities are an apples to oranges comparison. (CareerCollegeCentral.com) UC Berkeley to offer financial aid to more middle-income families Students from households earning $80,000 to $140,000 will be eligible for a new aid program at UC Berkeley, funded by philanthropy and tuition…
by Alex Friedrich

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What was said at the University of Minnesota grad-student unionization forum

Here are the highlights of today’s University of Minnesota grad-student unionization forum as I tweeted them. It’s the fourth time grad students are trying to organize, the last time being in 2005. But it’s the first time they’ve ran a campaign into a second year, Aldarondo said, as well as the first to be affiliated…
by Alex Friedrich

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Hamline prof: One financial reason for Hamline not to hire Tom Emmer

“That would be money wasted.” — Associate professor Jim Bonilla of Hamline University to the Pioneer Press on the consequence of Hamline hiring Tom Emmer — who’s vocally opposed to same-sex marriage — while maintaining a staff training program on creating safe spaces for gay and lesbian students. Bonilla also recalled to the paper the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Cuba, Boomers and the pepper-spray chancellor

Katehi confronted by pepper-spray victim at Capitol After nearly four hours of a staid legislative hearing over recent confrontations between campus police and university students, UC-Davis Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi today found herself face to face with a 24-year-old victim of last month’s pepper spray incident who demanded to know why Katehi had been ducking her requests…
by Alex Friedrich

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An e-mail that Hamline may have sent regarding Tom Emmer

An e-mail that Hamline may have sent regarding Tom Emmer

Craig: I am the new Department Chair under which Business law falls. For the spring we are offering a session during the day and Tom Emmer is going to teach it. This is Tom’s first time teaching the course. I have given him a copy of your syllabus but am hoping you would be able…
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Three questions about the Hamline-Emmer dispute

We’ve been having a hard time getting Hamline University folks to answer our calls or make any further statements on the dispute between Tom Emmer and Hamline over whether the university reneged on an agreement to hire him an an “executive-in-residence” and adjunct professor because of faculty unrest. So far the main points of information…
by Alex Friedrich

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