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On Campus Blog

Why MnSCU will look again at its sexual-violence policy

As I noticed earlier this morning, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system trustees are taking another look at their sexual-violence policy. As minutes show, the board was discussing a revision months ago. Today it passed that revision, which does away with internal dispute resolution, changes some language and changes the definition of what a…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's in LSC's new swipeable student ID

What's in LSC's new swipeable student ID

Lake Superior College in Duluth has announced a new all-in-one swipeable card for students. There’s a lot in it. Check out what the colleges says is in it. I’ve put the items in bold: Beginning November 21st, LSC students will receive a new student ID in the mail, called the “LSCPlus Card. The cards will…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: 2 MnSCU stories from yesterday's Pell announcement

Video: 2 MnSCU stories from yesterday's Pell announcement

In case you missed the press conference yesterday, Minnesota student leaders announced they were handing over a petition — with 4,000-plus signiatures — to the Minnesota Congressional delegation asking them to save the Pell Grant program, which faces potential cuts. I didn’t get a chance to mention two students who talked about what the Pell…
by Alex Friedrich

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How MnSCU is changing its sexual violence policy

Just found this little tidbit interesting in light of the Penn State case. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system is revising its sexual violence policy, and one of the changes, according to minutes of a July 20 meeting, is this:  Internal dispute resolution mechanisms, including mediation, are removed as options, as they are…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Porn sites, Marines and the right to riot

Recruiting Veterans, Columbia Finds an Impressive Applicant Pool Two years ago, in an effort to attract more veterans to Columbia, Curtis Rodgers, a dean of admissions, began recruiting at military bases. Almost immediately he noticed differences between the Marines and the typical 18-year-old Ivy League applicant. (The New York Times via NAICU) Washington U., Mizzou aim to protect…
by Alex Friedrich

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What MN students don't like about proposed Pell changes

What MN students don't like about proposed Pell changes

This morning Minnesota student leaders showed reporters a 4,000-plus-signature petition opposing $4.2 billion in proposed cuts to the federal Pell Grant program. Officers from the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) and Minnesota State University Student Association (MSUSA) said state Office of Higher Education figures show that proposed changes in eligibility will eliminate more than…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why St. Thomas biz students don't fit the recent slacker stereotype

Why St. Thomas biz students don't fit the recent slacker stereotype

Georgia Fisher, assistant dean and director of undergraduate programs at the University of St. Thomas’ Opus College of Business, takes issue with recent articles — such as this one by the New York Times/Chronicle of Higher Education — that suggest that business majors are just coasting through a major they got by default: Perhaps much of this difference…
by Alex Friedrich

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Reader: Big-time sports had nothing to do with Penn State scandal

College grad Chip Davis of our Public Insight Network writes that the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal says little about universities and their connection to big-money sports: No one but “the person in charge of the institution” (according to 23 Pa.C.S. § 6311) is legally required to make such a report. The observer (a graduate…
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