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On Campus Blog

Student loan defaults on the rise

Student loan defaults on the rise

The U.S. Department of Education released a report on Monday showing the default rate for federal student loans has increased, again. Among students who started paying back their loans between 2008 and 2009, 8.8 percent are in default,  that’s nearly 2 percent more than the year before. During that time the default rate for students at…
by Tim Post

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How Minnesota colleges fared in the U.S. News rankings

How Minnesota colleges fared in the U.S. News rankings

It’s time again for U.S. News & World Report, which today released its 2012 college rankings — the heavyweight in the rankings game. Rankings are a controversial business, with critics grumbling over methodology, the volatility of some listings — After all, how much can really change in a year? — and the lengths some colleges…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's new at the U

What's new at the U

From the U: In “This Week @Minnesota” for the week of September 6-9, we talk to some students about what they are most excited about on the first day of school, get a sneak peek of Goldy’s training routine and attend the grand reopening ceremony for the newly-renovated Folwell Hall.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Loan defaults, immigrants and crowded college lounges

Student Loan Default Rates Rise Sharply in Past Year The percentage of borrowers who defaulted on federal student loans rose sharply last year, especially at for-profit schools. (The New York Times) California weighs college aid for illegal immigrants California Gov. Jerry Brown considers signing a bill that would grant financial aid to some illegal immigrants attending state…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Moorhead students may deal with when getting an apartment

What Moorhead students may deal with when getting an apartment

For those who diss the dorms, here’s something to remember: Tyler Sorenson writes in The Advocate at Minnesota State University – Moorhead an open letter to resident managers of apartment complexes that cater to students. Here are some the issues he raises in his cornpone style: September 8, 2011 Dear Resident Managers, … You probably…
by Alex Friedrich

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How the University of Minnesota kind of got into the movies, but not really

How the University of Minnesota kind of got into the movies, but not really

In case you haven’t seen it already, here’s the trailer to “Contagion,” the star-studded bio-disaster movie set partly in the Twin Cities and University of Minnesota — but which wasn’t even filmed here, as I posted in December. Here’s a Pioneer Press article on the movie, and it contains a photo of the old Sherman…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Commercialism, WriteCheck and presidential challenges

On Campus, It’s One Big Commercial This fall, an estimated 10,000 American college students will be working on hundreds of campuses — for cash, swag, job experience or all three — marketing everything from Red Bull to Hewlett-Packard PCs. Corporations have been pitching college students for decades on products from cars to credit cards. But what is…
by Alex Friedrich

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What must the U do to get 1 percent of its state money?

Several on the U’s Board of Regents seem irritated with the legislature’s demand that it give the U 1 percent of its funding only after the U meets three of the following five performance goals:  (1) increase the amount of institutional financial aid so that it is greater in fiscal year 2012 than in fiscal…
by Alex Friedrich

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