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MnSCU enrollment dips slightly after years of increases

MnSCU enrollment dips slightly after years of increases

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system released its fall enrollment numbers on Thursday. Take a look at the overall headcount and you’ll see just a slight decrease, 1.5 percent.  But the decline in full-time students is a bit more, 2.5 percent. There are a variety of reasons, but some think the poor economy is…
by Tim Post

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Notes in the Margins: College students protest nationally, UMN protest fizzles and colleges consider asking students' sexual orientation

College students echo Occupy Wall Street with protests Anger at high tuition bills and a lack of jobs propelled U.S. college students into streets and quadrangles on Thursday in the latest offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. (Reuters) Few UMN students turn out for Occupy Colleges march The Occupy Colleges movement — one of the…
by Tim Post

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What is this on the University of St. Thomas campus?

What is this on the University of St. Thomas campus?

TommieMedia is holding a weekly contest in which readers identify something on the University of St. Thomas campus. Here are the details: Here is a closeup picture of a building or object on campus. Can you guess what it is? Enter by filling out the form below. Entries will be accepted until 7 p.m. Sunday,…
by Alex Friedrich

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St. Cloud president's response to unrest over admin firing

Just got a copy of what appears to be (part of?) St. Cloud State President Earl Potter’s e-mailed reaction — he’s apparently away on a foreign trip — to the campus unrest over the firing of its associate VP for enrollment management, Mahmoud Saffari: From: President’s Office Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:39 AM To:…
by Alex Friedrich

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Budget analyst: U's administrative costs are still really high

Budget analyst: U's administrative costs are still really high

Remember last Friday’s presentation on University of Minnesota finances by accounting professor Howard Bunsis, an officer in the American Association of University professors? He said spending on administration was a big factor in the rise of university costs. He was confronted at the session by the U’s CFO, Richard Pfutzenreuter, who said Bunsis was presenting…
by Alex Friedrich

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What the royal couple will do at St. Olaf College

What the royal couple will do at St. Olaf College

“It has so many vowels in it and my students always struggle with that one. So we’ve been really working on it.” — St. Olaf College professor Kari Lie, whose class of Norwegian-language students are practicing saying Hyggelig Ka mHote Deres Majesteter (“Nice to meet your majesties”) along with other basic Norwegian expressions in advance…
by Alex Friedrich

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What one Hamline professor says about education and the 99 percent

What one Hamline professor says about education and the 99 percent

If you’ve been on Facebook in the last few days, you may have seen David Davies rail about the cost of education. The associate professor of anthropology at Hamline University, inspired by some posts on the We Are the 99 Percent blog, writes: I am a college professor increasingly frustrated by the incredible debt I…
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Notes in the Margins: Gay students, college locations and profs in dorms

Elite liberal arts colleges question financial models If you glanced at Smith College’s “Futures Initiative,” you might think the college was in serious financial trouble. (USA Today) At Some Colleges, Professors Live in Dorms, Too Though university websites trumpet faculty embedded in dorms, some students are wary. (U.S. News & World Report) Most colleges not ready to…
by Alex Friedrich

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What some St. Cloud State students and faculty are protesting

What some St. Cloud State students and faculty are protesting

According to the UTVS video above and accompanying story, St. Cloud State University is seeing a little unrest over the firing last month of Mahmoud Saffari, its associate VP for enrollment management. The Students and Faculty of Color Caucus at SCSU on Thursday protested the apparently abrupt Sept. 20 dismissal of Saffari, who’d had the…
by Alex Friedrich

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A few thoughts and photos of Inver Hills Community College

A few thoughts and photos of Inver Hills Community College

After a day at Inver Hills Community College, I’ve noticed that one of the defining things about it might be the campus itself — something the students seem to pick up on. The architecture first hit President Tim Wynes when he toured the college before coming on board in March 2010. He said the shaker shingles…
by Alex Friedrich

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