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U of M law school prepares for loss of state funds

U of M law school prepares for loss of state funds

The law school at the University of Minnesota has watched the flow of state dollars heading its way turn to a trickle in recent years. Currently state funds make up about 12 percent of the law school’s $42 million annual budget, just over $5 million dollars. But law school dean David Wippman thinks even that…
by Tim Post

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Could this be this year's 2011 graduation song?

Could this be this year's 2011 graduation song?

Hey, seniors: This USC classmate might be singing your tune. But it’s still not as good as this 1999 piece voiced by Baz Luhrmann, which is a classic.
by Alex Friedrich

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More on the liberal arts debate

If the Gates vs. Jobs debate on the job-related-vs-liberal-arts education isn’t enough, here’s a little debate in Bloomberg Businessweek: Robert E. Geer, College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, University at Albany-SUNY, writes: … To compete—and succeed—in today’s global economy, our universities must do more than simply impart knowledge. They need to offer specialized courses of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Career counselor: Bill Gates or Steve Jobs?

You may have seen this before, but I thought it merited inclusion, considering that right now high-school grads have their eyes on next fall. Microsoft’s Bill Gates has advocated majors that are “well-correlated to areas that actually produce jobs,” but Apple’s Steve Jobs has taken the opposite view: “It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Web sites, English majors and Asia online

Frat Is the New Black: The Emergence of College-Centric Websites Sites for collegiate are popping up all over the place — BroBible, HerCampus, Honest College, CollegeACB, My Life is Bro … the list goes on. (The Huffington Post) Is College Worth It? Answers From Presidents and the Public Fifty-seven percent of those questioned in a Pew Research Center survey of members…
by Alex Friedrich

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Oh, the drama of the Washington Avenue closure

Just had to have a little fun with this. The University of Minnesota has been treating the closure of Washington Avenue with an almost dramatic, end-to-an-era bit of coverage on Twitpic and You-Tube. I first noticed it when I saw the photo above on Twitter this morning with the message: The desolation that is currently…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why the student-customer isn't always right

To all of you connected to this year’s crop of college graduates: You can pat yourselves on the back all you want. But Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, authors of Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, explain in The New York Times how your pandering to that crop has harmed them academically: The (problem…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why I need to leave this darn office NOW

Why I need to leave this darn office NOW

Was it the crappy Saturday and somewhat chilly Sunday that has made me feel this way? (Just found this great @kjclark photo of the U’s St. Paul campus on Twitpic, thanks to @UMNews.)
by Alex Friedrich

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What's new at the U

What's new at the U

The latest episode of “This Week @Minnesota” for May 9-14, 2011 highlights graduation and commencement at the U, the closing of Washington Avenue due to the Central Corridor Light Rail project and “A Prairie Home Companion” host Garrison Keillor speaking at the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries dinner.
by Alex Friedrich

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