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What's new at the U

What's new at the U

From the University of Minnesota media folks: In “This Week @Minnesota” for the week of July 30-Aug. 5, 2011, we follow President Kaler at Farmfest, listen to football coach Jerry Kill’s pre-season press conference and learn about new U research that shows a natural food preservative can kill food-borne bacteria.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Roommates, essays and net-price calculators

College freshmen turn to Facebook to find roommates Over the next several weeks, many freshmen will arrive at dormitories to move in with roommates they already know, even if they have never met or talked on the phone. (The Washington Post) New ‘net price calculators’ required by law may bring sticker shock to families planning…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Southeast Tech relies on industry

“If we don’t partner with businesses we might have to close some of our programs.” — Minnesota College – Southeast Technical President Jim Johnson on recent partnerships his college has formed with businesses such Fastenal, which on Monday delivered $150,000 in tooling and lathe equipment. Southeast Tech will use it for free in its precision…
by Alex Friedrich

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The other little grad student debt-deal sacrifice

The other little grad student debt-deal sacrifice

We’ve been covering the decent-size financial hit that graduate students will be suffering, now that the government is eliminating the subsidy on federal loans for grad students. Here’s another, albeit much smaller smack to those young scribes, as reported by CNN: The other big cut that Congress is targeting is a credit that all students…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why police polled St. Cloud State's neighbors

Why police polled St. Cloud State's neighbors

Sgt. Jeff Oxton of the St. Cloud Police Department’s Community Crime Impact Team tells the St. Cloud Times why police and university officials recently conducted a first-of-its-kind, door-to-door survey of the neighborhoods near St. Cloud State: “This is an attempt to go out and directly reach each of those residents and ask how they are…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Farming, recruiting and secular studies

Farming attracts academically diverse students Students with the knowledge and passion for farming are more academically diverse than ever before. (USA Today) The Value Of College: Earnings Tied To Major, Degrees Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce released the study, titled “The College Payoff.” It found that earnings increase with education and that…
by Alex Friedrich

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A reason I love covering Minnesota higher ed

Because I receive press releases like this one: NEWS DIRECTORS, EDITORS: Eight Barbie dolls will bungee-jump for better education at 1 p.m. today in the food court of Centennial Student Union, Minnesota State Mankato.
by Alex Friedrich

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Bethel to expand into Arden Hills Library site

Bethel to expand into Arden Hills Library site

Bethel University has announced it’s buying the 3.5-acre site of the former Arden Hills Library from Ramsey County for somewhere between $450,000 and $580,000. The university says it needs the space, and that the new location is less than a mile from campus. Bethel may work with the Minnesota Iowa Baptist Conference, located next to…
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