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September 9, 2011 5:56 AM

Kaler's thing for Dairy Queen

While discussing his tour of the state during his presidential report, University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler caused a few chuckles with this: “Along the way, besides chatting with hundreds of Minnesotans, I have had the pleasure of communicating with a series of (mostly) friendly counter clerks at Dairy Queen. Thankfully, Dairy Queen is a…

by Alex Friedrich

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September 9, 2011 5:43 AM

Kaler on the search for a new provost

Tom Sullivan, as you may remember, is on his way out. “Our search for a new Provost is moving along quickly. We have a robust and impressive pool of candidates that we are bringing to campus over the next two weeks. As you all know, in these searches it can be terribly difficult to balance…

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September 9, 2011 5:38 AM

Why the U is becoming tougher to get into

Here’s what University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler says about this year’s freshman class: “Our incoming Class of 2015 on the Twin Cities campus is, by all measures, the best qualified group of freshmen in U history. 40,000 applicants. 5,378 enrolled. Highest ACT scores ever. Most National Merit Scholars ever, and, we believe, the most…

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September 9, 2011 5:18 AM

What the Univ. of minnesota wants to build

University of Minnesota regents are looking at this list of priority construction projects as part of its 6-year “capital improvement plan” and request to the 2012 legislature for $409 million, about $269 million of which would come from the state, and $140 million of the U itself: Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) —…

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September 9, 2011 4:59 AM

Univ. of Minnesota grant dollars appear to be down a little

This is from today’s meeting of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents.

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September 9, 2011 4:57 AM

Report: U is monitoring coaches' phone calls

I don’t know how sports oversight works — and I’m assuming this is standard — but I found it interesting: From a legal report to the Regents: A significant achievement for the Athletic Compliance Office during the 2010-11 academic year was the purof a recruiting phone call monitoring software program, which has provided a more…

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September 9, 2011 4:53 AM

Univ. of Minnesota: Classes getting crowded, hard to schedule

University of Minnesota sophomore Matt Forstie echoes what U officials are now saying — that udget cuts are producing bigger classes and making it harder for students to find the classes they need: “For instance, Principles of Economics right now is almost completely full, there might be a few seats open. Same thing with classes…

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September 9, 2011 4:30 AM

U prof: We've got some gender equity issues in salaries

Here’s what Christopher Cramer, chairman of the faculty consultative committee, had to say about gender equity at the U. From his report, which he read: Another significant issue addressed over the summer was the report on gender equity in faculty salaries prepared by an outside consultant and delivered to the Provost on June 22, 2011.…

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September 9, 2011 4:27 AM

U prof: Debate on faculty productivity is ill informed

I’m at the University of Minnesota’s regular Board of Regents meeting. Christopher Cramer, chairman of the faculty consultative committee, is discussing the problematic task of measuring faculty productivity. He reads from his report: With declining state support for most public research institutions, considerable debate has arisen as to what constitutes “productivity”, both at the institutional…

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September 9, 2011 2:19 AM

What one Gustie thinks about greeting first-years on their arrival

From Ethan Marxhausen in The Gustavian Weekly: Alright, that’s enough. Ma’am? I’m serious, let go of your son. For god’s sake woman, get a grip. You’re acting like he’s going off to fight the Communists or something. Come on, he’s not going to die, ma’am. There are only two-hundred thirty-three different ways to die on this…

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