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Notes in the Margins: Parents, female MBAs and the Hershey's sweatshop

Why parents should leave their kids alone at college How much contact between college students and their parents is too much? The Second Annual Survey on College Parent Expectations indicated that 72.5 percent of parents communicate with their college students at least 2 or 3 times per week. If parents wish to foster independence, this number…
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State officials: MN students in WI to take a financial hit

Minnesota Office of Higher Education officials seem to agree with the scenario I posted that Minnesotans this fall must pay $1,300 a year more to study in Madison and Milwaukee because of a University of Minnesota restructuring of tuition and fees. So will students be surprised, and how will the hit affect their ability to…
by Alex Friedrich

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St. Cloud State's Potter: It's all about branding

St. Cloud State's Potter: It's all about branding

After a year that saw major academic restructuring, controversial cutting of its aviation program and rocky financial times for its sports teams, St. Cloud State University President Earl Potter comes out swinging, saying at the 2011 faculty and staff convocation: Make no mistake. This is not the same university. We are reshaped and refocused. So…
by Alex Friedrich

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Must Minnesotans pay $1,300 more in Madison, Milwaukee?

Must Minnesotans pay $1,300 more in Madison, Milwaukee?

I’m tracking down people to confirm this, but I’ll give you the scenario I’m seeing/hearing right now: A reclassification of the University of Minnesota’s tuition and fees means Minnesotans who wish to attend the University of Wisconsin – Madison and the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee may have to pay an additional $1,300 to study…
by Alex Friedrich

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Rep. Pelowski: MnSCU is too big, and it splurges on administration

In an interview on state spending, State Rep. Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) tells The Caledonia Argus that the size of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system isn’t sustainable: “We can’t afford to have 33 colleges in the MNSCU system. … There’s far too much duplication of services. With the current economy, and I don’t…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Vegans, black scientists and College Board riches

University opens nation’s first Vegan cafeteria North Texas is winning praise from animal welfare advocates, even if its officials didn’t set out to make a statement. (USA Today) Have B-Schools become debtors’ prisons? MBA grads are shouldering record levels of debt as tuition rates head skyward, making the degree a risky investment that’s not often approached…
by Alex Friedrich

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Greatest Minnesota higher-ed headline ever?

From a press release by the University of Minnesota‘s College of Science and Engineering and the U’s news service: Researchers discover that giant space blob glows from within  
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Why St. Cloud's Move-In Weekend may be a tad more complicated this year

Why St. Cloud's Move-In Weekend may be a tad more complicated this year

St. Cloud State University has announced that the city’s new traffic roundabout  — located at University Drive and Fifth Avenue South — will still be under construction during Move-In Weekend, which starts Saturday. This weekend, the university states, is “one of the busiest traffic periods in the St. Cloud State academic year.” Ouch. Let’s wish…
by Alex Friedrich

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University of Minnesota dean: Tenure — Use it or lose it

University of Minnesota dean: Tenure — Use it or lose it

University of Minnesota College of Design Dean Thomas Fisher explains in The Huffington Post what faculty must do to keep public support for tenure, a perk that is coming under fire in these tight financial times: “Drawing attention to the public benefit that tenure provides seems essential at a time when some will want to…
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