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September 21, 2011 4:35 AM

Early mornings don't bother this South Central nontraditional student

Heading back from the restroom, I notice that it’s still a bit early and quiet in the hallways. But I spy a lone figure with his nose in a hydraulics textbook. It’s Charlie Foskett, a 49-year-old unemployed bowling-alley owner who’s studying mechatronics engineering technology. (As someone who went back to school at 42, I’m sympathetic…

by Alex Friedrich

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September 21, 2011 3:50 AM

An urgent start to my day at South Central College

So it’s up-and-at’em at 5 a.m. for a 90-minute drive to South Central College, a two-year institution in Mankato. I arrive around 7:15 expecting to sit quietly in the cafeteria, grab some breakfast and collect my thoughts. (Oh, yeah — and I really have to go to the bathroom.) Nothin’ doing. President Keith Stover is…

by Alex Friedrich

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September 20, 2011 10:01 AM

Full version of Rosenstone's speech on goals

Here’s a copy of the speech that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor Steven Rosenstone gave today to the Board of Trustees:

by Alex Friedrich

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September 20, 2011 9:49 AM

Union protests former MnSCU chancellor's performance pay

Just as they did last year — but this time with fewer people — union workers are protesting MnSCU executive pay. MPR’s Tim Post reports: About a dozen union workers protested today outside the headquarters of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system in downtown St. Paul. The workers, mostly from MnSCU, are upset…

by Alex Friedrich

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September 20, 2011 9:06 AM

What Rosenstone said about serving MN's workforce needs

Here’s one of the more specific ideas from the speech that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor Steven Rosenstone gave today to the Board of Trustees: “How will we deliver the workforce of the future for Minnesota? An extraordinary education is part of the answer. Some of the ideas are all about partnership:…

by Alex Friedrich

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September 20, 2011 7:01 AM

Do college rankings inadvertantly punish religious schools?

First-year graduate student and Public Insight Network member Ian Yue explains why he thinks why schools affiliated with a religion might suffer a disadvantage in college rankings: “For example, the undergraduate academic reputation (22.5% of the ranking) of a school may be looked down upon if those providing a judgment have negative opinions of faith-based…

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September 20, 2011 6:34 AM

Are college rankings just for bragging rights?

Coming off of last week’s release of U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings and my post on some caveats to consider, I’ve asked a number of parents, students and educators in our Public Insight Network what they think. How useful are they? How accurate? What could be improved? I’m sorting through the responses now,…

by Alex Friedrich

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September 20, 2011 3:00 AM

How and why some students learned their class had been canceled

——Original Message—— From: Jennifer Bottomley Subject: PSCI 291-301 Canceled Sent: Sep 13, 2011 2:23 PM PSCI 291-301 is canceled. We are so sorry for this last minute cancellation. With Dr. Henry Teune’s passing, this course should have been cancelled over the summer and was an oversight. Yep, that’s how a University of Pennsylvania political…

by Alex Friedrich

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September 20, 2011 2:52 AM

How technology shapes cheating among future freshmen

According to this infographic by Schools.com, whose data was taken from a June article in Monitor on Psychology, 71 percent of students (high school, I believe) don’t think copying from the Web is “serious cheating.” Hey, information wants to be free, right?

by Alex Friedrich

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September 20, 2011 2:32 AM

Notes in the Margins: Journals, tweeting and outdoor orientation

Internet Ruffles Pricey Scholarly Journals After decades of healthy profits, the scholarly publishing industry now finds itself in the throes of a revolt led by the most unlikely campus revolutionaries: the librarians. Universities from Britain to California are refusing to renew their expensive subscriptions, turning instead to “open access” publishing, an arrangement whereby material is made available free on…

by Alex Friedrich

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