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On Campus Blog

Job market for grads making a stunning comback

Tim Post has written about the improvement in the job market for new grads, and this Bloomberg story today makes it sound even more promising: “It’s quite a stunning comeback,” said Lance Choy, director of the career development center at Stanford University near Palo Alto, California. “Over the past couple of years there’s been a…
by Alex Friedrich

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Univ. of Minn. Promise Scholarship looking less promising

Univ. of Minn. Promise Scholarship looking less promising

MPR’s Tim Post has a story this morning on how the University of Minnesota is cutting back on its Promise Scholarship, which helps cover about $12,000 a year in tuition and fees for the neediest students. The U isn’t exactly breaking its promise, since those who already have it won’t see a decline in funding.…
by Alex Friedrich

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The frustration of mile-long college admissions waiting lists

The frustration of mile-long college admissions waiting lists

New York Times writers Jacques Steinberg and Eric Platt on the “bewilderment” that huge admissions waiting lists inspire: How can a college … possibly explain to an applicant that Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh has offered 5,025 students places on its waiting list this year, for a freshman class that will likely be less than a…
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Notes in the Margins: Work, German plagiarism and the $10K degree

High-schoolers who work less likely to finish college They are less likely to go on to finish college, a new study finds, but are jobs the cause or just another effect? (USA Today) Higher education agency embraces Perry’s $10,000 degree The state’s higher education agency is embracing Gov. Rick Perry’s challenge to develop bachelor’s degree…
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What other states do for stem cell research, and what they get

Here’s what other states (and countries) are doing to support stem cell research, as well as the economic benefits. (Again, this was handed out at today’s roundtable discussion.)
by Alex Friedrich

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Clinton to speak at Walden commencement

Clinton to speak at Walden commencement

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at Walden University’s commencement on July 30, where the university will give him an honorary doctorate, the university has announced. Looks like Walden’s president, Jonathan Kaplan, has ties to Clinton. He served in the White House as chief of staff of the National Economic Council,…
by Alex Friedrich

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What passage of anti-cloning laws would mean to MN economically

Here’s a handout I got this morning at the biomedical roundtable at the U of M, which discussed what the state would lose if the legislature passed its anti-cloning bills.
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University chancellor goes undercover

University chancellor goes undercover

CBS’ series”Undercover Boss” goes to college: The University of California – Riverside Chancellor Timothy P. White cuts his hair, wears a moustache, sports an earring and false teeth and then goes undercover for a day to see what life is like on the front lines — as an assistant chemistry professor, track coach, library worker…
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Notes in the Margins: Roe v. Wade, football and gender

In a first, women surpass men in advanced degrees For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees as well as bachelor’s degrees, part of a trend that is helping redefine who goes off to work and who stays home with the kids. (Associated Press via The Boston Globe) College…
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