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Ah, those warm U of M – Morris memories

Ah, those warm U of M – Morris memories

Bad weather has returned, but at least you can reminisce a little by watching this time-lapse video of the mall area of the University of Minnesota – Morris campus during the first few days of the recent warm weather in Morris. (The campus also has a live cam stream here: http://bit.ly/lBn8yJ)
by Alex Friedrich

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U of M students offer their versions of a balanced state budget

U of M students offer their versions of a balanced state budget

Governor Dayton and state lawmakers still haven’t agreed on a deal to fix the state’s $5 billion budget deficit. The two sides are talking, but the legislature’s Monday adjournment deadline is coming up fast. While they duke it out at the Capitol, a group of University of Minnesota students has come up with several budget fixes…
by Tim Post

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Notes in the Margins: Loughner, business poets and secular studies

UC tuition might jump 32% if tax proposal fails, Yudof says UC President Mark G. Yudof tells regents that this fall’s 8% tuition increase may be dwarfed by an additional 32% midyear hike if Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan for tax extensions is not approved. (Los Angeles Times) Business Schools Recruit Poets, Philosophers and Scientists Wake Forest…
by Alex Friedrich

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DFL senator to student: Demand what you're entitled to in higher education

Student advocates took a chance to speak to legislators once more during a Senate hearing called apparently by the DFL this afternoon on an array of topics — and got some strong words of encouragement from one senator. When higher ed had its turn, Minnesota State College Student Association Travis Johnson, who represents students at…
by Alex Friedrich

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One union's comment on the Zellers flap

Just got this from lobbyist Rick Nelson of Minnesota State College Faculty — which represents all technical and community college faculty in Minnesota — on the subject of faculty pay: When speaker Zellers  said something to the affect that college professors are getting a 20% or 30% increase in pay. This is quite far from…
by Alex Friedrich

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Zellers: I goofed up — kinda — that professor pay statistic

Zellers: I goofed up — kinda — that professor pay statistic

Rep. Kurt Zellers (R-Maple Grove), who teed off a number of Minnesota professors by saying on Monday’s Midday program that faculty have been enjoying pay raises of 20-30 percent while other folks suffer, told MPR’s Kerri Miller this morning that he’d kinda-sorta-possibly-understandably flubbed that one. Watch his explanation. He more or less blames it on…
by Alex Friedrich

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What to do when you can't understand your prof's accent

After successfully studying under a foreign-born professor whose accent was hard to understand, Residence Life Director Palmer Bennett of Shaw University has a rather snarky set of suggestions in USA Today for those students frustrated by the way their foreign profs talk: Textbooks are written in English! Gasp! Yes. It’s true. .. If you can’t…
by Alex Friedrich

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How a woman identified what could be a lost Tommie camera

How a woman identified what could be a lost Tommie camera

Tami Thye-Harold of Grand Junction, Colo., apparently found a camera on a United Airlines seat more than a year ago and has been trying to find the owner — who she thinks might be a University of St. Thomas alum or have some other connection to the university. She has looked at the camera’s photos…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Expats, unions and Osama Bin Laden

YouTube Goes to College UC-Berkeley is one of nearly 450 universities worldwide—roughly 390 of which are in the U.S. and Canada—that have established a channel via YouTube EDU. In total, the schools have uploaded 63,500 hours—or about seven years—worth of video content, ranging from class lectures to interactive question-and-answer “office hours” with professors. (U.S. News…
by Alex Friedrich

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MN private colleges: Donations are down

MN private colleges: Donations are down

In making a pitch for more donations, the Minnesota Private College Council has noted that giving to higher-ed institutions has seen a double-digit decrease over the past decade — most noticeably since the financial crisis year of 2008: When the amounts are not adjusted for inflation, the comparison of 2001 to 2010 is relatively flat.…
by Alex Friedrich

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