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When MnSCU schools get out for winter break

This is the last week of school for most in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system, according to the schedule above. A few, such as Metropolitan State University, Minnesota State University – Mankato, Southwest Minnesota State University and Winona State, got out at the end of last week. Others, such as Northland Community…
by Alex Friedrich

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The flier causing a minor commotion at St. Thomas

“(The flier) is kind of disgusting. It has gone to a level of bad taste even if you approved of the notion. . . . When I see them, I take them down. … I think that we, as a Catholic institution, have to live up to what the basic teachings are, and the teachings…
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Notes in the Margins: Lobbying, demoralized grads and the bottom third

Do teachers really come from the ‘bottom third’ of college graduates? Despite the ubiquity of the “bottom third” and similar arguments, it’s unclear how many of those who offer them know what specifically they refer to (e.g., GPA, SAT/ACT, college rank, etc.). This is especially important since so many of these measurable characteristics are not associated with future test-based…
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Why was a cow on the Mac campus yesterday?

Why was a cow on the Mac campus yesterday?

Anyone care to explain? I’ve got a call in. Update: Mac spokeswoman Barbara Laskin tells me it’s for a secret video they’re filming, which should come out in a couple of weeks. President Brian Rosenberg is playing Scrooge. That’s all she’d say.
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A decade's comparison of UMN, Wisconsin med school costs

A decade's comparison of UMN, Wisconsin med school costs

Notice anything odd about the post I put up yesterday about the University of Minnesota’s med school being the third most expensive for first-year in-state students? Where was the University of Wisconsin? A decade ago, they used to be right near each other. Look at the American Association of Medical Colleges chart above. (I’m using…
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The University of Minnesota's new approach to research

MPR’s Tim Post is at the University of Minnesota’s regents meeting and will be writing about this later, but forwarded an announcement: Innovative new approach to industry-funded research announced by U of M The University of Minnesota today announced a new, unique approach to the way it handles intellectual property arising from research projects funded…
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Where did that inane St. Olaf phrase come from?

When I visited St. Olaf College last week, I wanted to find out what the expression “Um! Yah! Yah!” meant. No luck. The folks I spoke to really didn’t know. Then I found the 2005 St. Olaf magazine article above on the Web. Its explanation: The rouser, it turns out, is actually based upon the…
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