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On Campus Blog

Notes in the Margins: GIs, premeds and the skills gap

Victory For Veterans: G.I. Bill Legislation Clears Final Hurdle Tens of thousands of student veterans attending private colleges on the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill cleared the final hurdle in an ongoing battle to secure promised tuition dollars. (The Huffington Post) Western Michigan University spends $2 million to buy rival bookstore Western Michigan University is spending $2…
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Capella profiting more, but enrollment drops

“Historically, the education industry benefitted in a bad economy, because people went back to school. That helped in 2008 and 2009, but now many potential students are averse to taking on debt for school. And the fact that unemployment has been so high for so long is weighing on enrollments for the whole industry.” —…
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Are college students ready for the real world?

In case you missed it this morning, Kerri Miller talked jobs and college students on her Midmorning program. Here’s the intro: As unemployment remains high, there is also a mismatch between the skills of many workers and unemployed and available jobs. How well are colleges preparing students for today’s job market? Has the recession changed…
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How St. Cloud State will lure tech students

How St. Cloud State will lure tech students

“It is going to provide a facility to attract students from all over the world. They are going to want to come to St. Cloud and work in a state-of-the-art facility to prepare for careers all over the world.” — State Sen. John Pederson, R-St. Cloud, who authored the Senate bill for St. Cloud State…
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Notes in the Margins: Master's degrees, B-school and aid to illegal students

Bowdoin Says No Need for SAT While Buying College Board Scores Colleges from Bowdoin in Maine to Pitzer in California dropped the SAT entrance exam as a requirement, saying it favors the affluent, penalizes minorities and doesn’t predict academic success. What they don’t advertise is they find future students by buying names of kids who do well…
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MPR readers: How MN colleges should change

Inspired, perhaps, by University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler’s appearance on today’s Midmorning program, MPR readers had no lack of answers to Today’s Question: What change would you most like to see at Minnesota’s public colleges and universities? Many centered on cost-cutting efforts and tuition, but a number hit on curriculum, standards and instructors. Here…
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Why the U didn't want other sites for CLA graduation

You may have caught Tim Post’s article Friday about how the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts is canceling its fall commencement ceremony. The cancellation has caused a bit of a stir among U watchers, and people are asking: Aren’t there any alternatives to the Northrop Auditorium, which because of renovation won’t be large…
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How sticking with Fighting Sioux could harm North Dakota

How sticking with Fighting Sioux could harm North Dakota

“I think we have to explain to them why we passed the law.” North Dakota state Rep. Al Carlson, a Fargo Republican who pushed for a new state law requiring the University of North Dakota to retain the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo — despite a 2009 agreement from the university and state Board of…
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Duluth's new attempt to manage student housing

Duluth's new attempt to manage student housing

Oy, the city ordinances: They’ve attempted to control everything from how many student roommates can live in the same residence to where they can park and whether they’ve mowed their grass. The long-maligned 300-foot rule even tried to control how close rentals could be to each other. The hodge-podge of local laws is taking a…
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