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What Hamline is showing its new students

What Hamline is showing its new students

Here’s the latest student-made orientation music video from Hamline University — its take on Journey’s Any Way You Want It. (You mean the kids chose my generation’s music?) Cheesy but fun. What other Minnesota colleges have videos like this? I’d like to see them. Here are Hamline’s past vids: Party in the USA by Miley…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why friends shouldn't advise friends on admissions

“Gina suggested Yale? Because of the Theater Department? Funny to hear that. No, no, it’s fine. Of course your Alphonse should consider Yale. I heard he was lovely in House of Blue Leaves last year. But didn’t he have panic attacks? Oops, she probably didn’t mean for me to let you know she’s shared that.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Tours, race and religion

Competing for students, colleges turn to tours to seal the deal In an online world where details about thousands of colleges are as close as a computer keyboard, the old-fashioned, on-foot campus tour has assumed paramount importance. (Philadelphia Inquirer via NAICU) The Student Loan Ranger: PSLF The ins and outs of Public Service Loan Forgiveness.…
by Alex Friedrich

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How much more MN grad students will pay for loans

How much more MN grad students will pay for loans

We’ve all probably heard about how Pell Grants — the main federal need-based financial aid source for undergraduate students — have been spared in the recent debt deal. But graduate students are paying the price. To pay to keep the Pells, the feds have eliminated the subsidy on federal student loans for graduate students. (The…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why 2 sides in Winona's housing talk are irritated

Why 2 sides in Winona's housing talk are irritated

As the Winona city debate simmers over how to handle student housing — including Winona State’s proposed “theme” housing — the Winona Post writes about some of the frustration that residents and university officials feel. From the residents’ side: Natalie Siderius, speaking on behalf of the Neighborhood Association, said the group is frustrated by inaction…
by Alex Friedrich

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Audio: Lower state spending and its consequences

I’m on the most recent podcast on American RadioWorks, the documentary arm of American Public Media, the parent company of MPR. Here I discuss the national trend of states rolling back their funding of public universities, and what consequences that has.
by Alex Friedrich

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What's new at the U

What's new at the U

From the University of Minnesota: We give you a look at the U2 concert TCF Bank Stadium, show you a new mobile app called Cyclopath that was developed by U of M researchers that gives you bike maps and directions for the most safe and efficient cycling route and show you how some U of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: ROTC, dual degrees and grad student loans

ROTCs return to Ivy League ROTC is returning to Ivy League schools and it is causing little commotion. But few students at the nation’s most elite schools consider military service. Military officials worry that the all-volunteer force doesn’t fully reflect the nation it is supposed to protect. The all-volunteer military draws heavily from the south and…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU chancellor asks for systemwide input

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system chancellor Steven Rosenstone has apparently sent out a systemwide e-mail asking for employee suggestions: One of my jobs as chancellor is to create an environment that fosters bold, courageous and creative thinking so that the best ideas will bubble up from wherever they reside. And that’s where you…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Metropolitan State will set up shop in the west metro

Why Metropolitan State will set up shop in the west metro

“It will be the biggest thing we’ve done since this campus.” — Metropolitan State University President Sue Hammersmith on plans to establish a campus in the west metro area to centralize a number of programs now being held at sites all across the Twin Cities region. Read the full Star Tribune article here.
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