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Notes in the Margins: South Korea, aid fraud and courting two-year students

In South Korea, too many college grads, too few jobs Americans who deem South Korea’s education system a model (President Obama, among others) might be surprised at one message leaders here are delivering to their youth: Drop out, please. (The Washington Post) Occupy movement now reaching students in remote corners of U.S. Metropolitan hubs such as San…
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What will Eric Kaler say about university research?

What will Eric Kaler say about university research?

For those of you interested in what University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler has on his mind regarding economic growth, listen at 12:06 tomorrow when MPR’s Midday program broadcasts Kaler’s speech on innovation and research as part of its coverage of the Governor’s Job Summit. (Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor Steven Rosenstone…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's the solution to the student-debt problem?

We’ve received some pointed responses to MPR’s Question of the Day, which is: One of the issues motivating the Occupy Wall Street movement is student-loan debt, which now equals the size of credit card debt in the United States. The average debt is $24,000, but many graduates carry a balance much larger than that. Today’s…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Gov. Dayton said about history classes at technical colleges

What Gov. Dayton said about history classes at technical colleges

In this video on the installation of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor Steven Rosenstone at the Capitol last week, Gov. Mark Dayton mentions a Winona business leader telling him technical colleges shouldn’t be teaching history. Instead, they should be teaching current and future events. (Future events?) Not having seen the whole speech,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Have St. Thomas students finally pushed the limit on partying?

“I think that everyone is getting tired of getting house complaints. My bosses are tired of hearing complaints. The city council is starting to get tired of hearing it. … The behavior was outrageous and sad. A number of people have complained to me about the behavior of people that were wearing purple: being noisy, rude,…
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What a student research-lobby group says about textbook costs

Here’s the PowerPoint presentation on textbook costs that I posted about Friday from the Minnesota State College Students Association leadership conference in Bloomington. It’s from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a political nonprofit lobbying group that looks into student issues, among other things. (I’ve never converted a PowerPoint document into a PDF before, so…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Kline's education committee is scrutinizing the direct student loan program

“The transition to the Direct Loan program has presented several challenges. Beneficial services such as debt counseling, debt prevention programs, and other helpful initiatives for students and financial aid administrators have declined. Schools and students have also expressed growing dissatisfaction with the department’s customer service, including processing delays, frequent website glitches, and lack of adequate…
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Notes in the Margins: Preachers, tailgating and the National Merit Scholarship

College Students On Occupy Wall Street: Why We Are — Or Are Not — Occupying Seven students share their reasoning for abstaining from the protests, while one gives his stirring reason for participating in the occupation. (The Huffington Post) College football and tailgating slowly go green The Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging schools to make college…
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What MN community college students learned about textbooks

What MN community college students learned about textbooks

This is a piece of flip-chart paper tacked up on the wall of a session on textbook costs during a Bloomington leadership conference of the Minnesota State College Students Association. Under the question, “How much did publishers rip you off?” students are supposed to indicate how much money they’d spent on textbooks this past semester.…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU's new push for career technical education

MnSCU's new push for career technical education

I’ve talked a lot about the (most?) recent emphasis on vocational-technical education, and it looks like the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system is pushing it, too. (I believe it’s calling that “career technical education.”) It has come out with a radio campaign called “Learning that works” — I’m trying to get a copy…
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