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Notes in the Margins: International students, fed jobs for grads, Blawk Hawk parents

Hunt is on for overseas college students Cost, distance and lingering fears about visa denials in the post-9/11 era have helped make the USA less attractive to foreign students, threatening a lucrative market that is a source of brain power and diversity for U.S. colleges. (USA Today) Calling All Leaders At a Senate hearing Tuesday…
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MnSCU board approves 2012 budget

The board of trustees for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system approved a budget for 2012 today.  It contains a tuition increase for students. For community college students, it’s a 3.7 percent increase, on average that’s $186 more than this year. Tuition at MnSCU’s community and technical colleges now averages $5,171. At MnSCU’s seven universities,…
by Tim Post

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MnSCU board votes on 2012 budget this afternoon

MnSCU board votes on 2012 budget this afternoon

The board of trustees at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system votes on a 2012 budget this afternoon. Because of the budget impasse at the Capitol, MnSCU isn’t sure how much money it will get from the state next year.  So MnSCU bean counters have made some assumptions in order to put together a…
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Notes in the Margins: Ipads, low grad rates and Pell Grants

Is the iPad Ready To Replace the Printed Textbook? After trying out the Apple iPad about three weeks–three out of four college freshmen at one Texas university said they’d be willing to purchase an Apple iPad if at least half of the textbooks they used during their college career were available digitally. (Campus Technology) Should Colleges Tell…
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State confirms MnSCU can operate during shutdown, 6,000 layoff notices rescinded

This news release just came in from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities headquarters in St. Paul. Layoff notices to more than 6,000 employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system are being rescinded and classes will continue July 1 in the event of a government shutdown, officials said Monday. “We are grateful that…
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Living in a college library — desperation or a stunt?

Living in a college library — desperation or a stunt?

Remember Steve Stanzak, a.k.a. “Bobst Boy,” who in 2004 as a New York University sophomore spent the year in the university’s Bobst Library? He’s got a copycat — or a wannabe, however you want to look at it. New York University rising sophomore Taylor Myers recently spent five days there and made a student movie…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Workers vs students, liberal arts degrees and jobs for grads

A Debate Reopened When graduate students teach some classes as instructors while also taking others as students, what are they, exactly — workers or students? (Inside Higher Ed) Is it time to kill the liberal arts degree? Employment rates for college graduates have declined steeply in the last two years, and perhaps even more disheartening,…
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Excerpts from this year's good commencement speeches

Here’s one of a number of choice “words of wisdom” compiled by The New York Times from various commencement speeches this year. This one’s for the anti-multitaskers: Samantha Power National Security Council Occidental College You’ve got to be all in. This means leaving your technology behind occasionally and listening to a friend without half of…
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U of M regents pass $3.7B budget

U of M regents pass $3.7B budget

The University of Minnesota’s board of regents has passed a $3.7 billion dollar budget that raises tuition, freezes salaries, and cuts millions of dollars from academic programs. The budget is based on the assumption that the U will take a nearly $71 million dollar cut in funding next year. U of M president Robert Bruininks…
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U of M and MnSCU move forward with their budgets

U of M and MnSCU move forward with their budgets

The board of regents at the University of Minnesota takes on the school’s 2012 budget this morning. They’re likely to approve it, but I expect we’ll hear some lively discussion about how the U should move forward in tough budgetary times. The board of trustees at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system will go…
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