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99-year old graduates after dropping out in 1932

99-year old graduates after dropping out in 1932

Fun story, but it reminds me why academic advisement is so important. Ninety-nine-year-old Oregonian Leo Plass, who this month finally got his degree after dropping out in 1932 to get a job logging, tells KTVZ-TV he later learned he was just a few credits short of his teaching degree when he left school: “They told…
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What about the State Grant and Office of Higher Ed?

Fine, so Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system schools will stay open during a potential government shutdown if a court approves Gov. Dayton’s decision to grant it access to its state-held reserves. But what about State Grant funding, work-study programs , child care grants and the various financial programs run through the state Office of…
by Alex Friedrich

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How to identify your academic colleagues

How to identify your academic colleagues

Ran across this cool tool recently on Twitter via St. Olaf film studies professor Amy E. Bordon : Macademia, a Macalester College project designed to connect academics who have the same or similar research interests. It reminds me vaguely of TheyRule.net, which shows the web of connections among the nation’s elite — but is interactive.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Study: Carry more student debt, feel better about yourself

Ann Carns writes in The New York Times wonders whether the culture of debt has gone too far in higher education, leading many students to trust too much in their college investment. According to a recent Ohio State University Study she cites: The more college loans and credit card debt that young adults age 18…
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Notes in the Margins: Savings, football schools and 3-year degrees

Taking back the universities Academics are returning to their radical roots. Martin Eve and Jennifer Jones salute those who are striving for their university to be more than a training ground for the jobs market. (The Guardian) Federal Higher Education Policy and the Profitable Nonprofits Undergraduate education is a highly profitable business for nonprofit colleges…
by Alex Friedrich

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A wrap-up of today's MnSCU reserves story

A wrap-up of today's MnSCU reserves story

Students might well be able to attend Minnesota’s state-run colleges and universities through summer and into fall, now that Gov. Mark Dayton has agreed to let them have access to tens of millions of dollars in state-held reserves. MnSCU Chairman Scott Thiss announced at a finance meeting this morning that the system will have access…
by Alex Friedrich

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Dayton spokeswoman: MnSCU access not a done deal

Dayton spokeswoman: MnSCU access not a done deal

Despite all the congratulations, it looks like Gov. Mark Dayton’s agreement to allow MnSCU access to its state-held reserves must be approved by a court, Dayton spokeswoman Katharine Tinucci told MPR reporter Catharine Richert today. Dayton’s petition to the court today includes a recommendation that MnSCU continue to operate because it has its own money.…
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How much MnSCU reserve money would be freed up?

I asked the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system officials just how much reserve money the Dayton deal should free up for them. The answer I recently received: The estimated FY2012 reserves that MnSCU holds in the state’s coffers — projected as of this month — amount to about $94.4 million. (I’m curious to see…
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MnSCU's statement on access to funding in shutdown

Here’s the official MnSCU line on its newly acquired access to state funds in the event of a government shutdown: June 15, 2011 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to stay open even if state government shuts down The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system will remain open this summer even if other parts of state…
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MnSCU Chair: MnSCU can access money to stay open

At the end of the finance committee meeting this morning, MnSCU Chairman Scott Thiss announced that the system will have access to its state funds despite a possible government shutdown — the crucial factor in MnSCU’s ability to keep operating in that event. He told the board: “Yesterday we were able to present to the…
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