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Visiting the Oles today

Visiting the Oles today

Today I’ll be visiting Northfield’s St. Olaf College. This liberal arts school is known for, among other things, its Norwegian history, Lutheran faith, strength in music, and its beautiful campus — one of the prettiest in the state, I hear. And food. It apparently has some of the best food of any college in the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: Bright Ideas' forum on financing college

In case you missed our coverage of the MPR Bright Ideas forum on how to get a good, affordable education, here’s the video (above) and the transcript (below). ***********FULL TRANSCRIPT*************** Stephen Smith: This is “Bright Ideas: Fresh Thoughts on Big Issues” from Minnesota Public Radio News. I’m Stephen Smith. Each month we invite a guest…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Minnesota students will survey textbook-law compliance

Why Minnesota students will survey textbook-law compliance

The Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) is working on a survey to see how well federal and state disclosure laws on textbook pricing are being carried out on two-year campuses. You may remember that in January I I wrote about the results of another survey by the association and the state Office of Higher…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Sports, blogging and studying amid upheaval

Duncan Calls for Urgency on College Costs As Occupy movement protests helped push spiraling college costs into the national spotlight, Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged higher-education officials Tuesday to “think more creatively — and with much greater urgency” about ways to contain costs and reduce student debt. (The New York Times) Study assesses graduation rates Report finds analyzing characteristics…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU official won't elaborate on reaction to U transfer decision

MnSCU official won't elaborate on reaction to U transfer decision

After changing his tune to the news media on the University of Minnesota’s cutback in transfer students, MnSCU’s interim academic and student affairs chief Larry Litecky turned down my request yesterday to explain why. MnSCU spokeswoman Melinda Voss said he had “no time” this week to discuss his change of views, and essentially repeated what…
by Alex Friedrich

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Midmorning Wednesday at 9: The jobs-skills mismatch

Midmorning Wednesday at 9: The jobs-skills mismatch

I’ll be live-blogging this conversation on MPR’s Midmorning show with Kerri Miller tomorrow at 9 a.m. There should be a higher-education-and-training component in there, so please follow along — and feel free to comment. I think it’ll be a good conversation. Here’s the program intro: Educators, employers and economists say it all the time: American…
by Alex Friedrich

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What a MN pol wants to do about MnSCU retirement

“The ability to cash out six-figure sums upon retirement appears to make MnSCU an outlier not merely compared to the private sector, but compared to other state agencies and departments as well.” — Rep. Joe Atkins (DFL-Inver Grove Heights) in the Pioneer Press on his request that the state legislative auditor look into unused sick…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Bemidji students think of their insurance mandate

What Bemidji students think of their insurance mandate

“In the beginning there was a lot of frustrations with it and a lot of confusion. Students didn’t think they were informed enough about it. They didn’t understand what it meant. (Now) more students are passing along the word that this might be a good idea for college student. They can go to health services…
by Alex Friedrich

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