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On Campus Blog

Videos: What's up at the U of Minnesota

Videos: What's up at the U of Minnesota

Just a recap of the episodes since I posted the pilot. (Summaries are from the YouTube introductions.) The most recent episode, released Friday: We break down the U’s impact on Minnesota’s economy, go behind the scenes at President Bruininks’ final “State of the U” address and check out the new Animal Trauma Center on campus.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Plagiarism, frat bible study and student voting

Colleges keep pot bans despite states easing laws Seeing a risk of losing federal funding, colleges in states that allow medical marijuana are keeping their distance. (USA Today) A Folly That Can Cost a Reputation — or Not Two recent episodes suggest that beneath a surface unanimity of disapproval, the range of responses to plagiarism…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why many students don't fare well when they sue their schools

— Marshall H. Tanick, a Minneapolis employment lawyer who has handled cases similar to Mary Swenson’s intellectual property suit involving Capella University, explains why it’s tough for students to take schools to court: “It’s a problem that comes up from time to time, particularly at the graduate or postgraduate level. Students are working on projects…
by Alex Friedrich

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5 things to do before transferring to another college

Since we’ve recently been on the subject of credit transfers, here’s a USA Today piece by student Jeremy Azurin with tips to smooth out the process. You can read the whole piece here, but below is a bullet-point summary: Be clear with yourself about whether you want or need to transfer. Remember the additional costs…
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State Representatives push for study of for-profit grad schools

Two failed lawsuits against Capella University and one of its instructors have prompted a bill, discussed at yesterday’s House higher ed committee meeting, that would have the state Office of Higher Education scrutinize the practices and contractual arrangements that for-profit graduate schools in Minnesota have with their students. The bill is authored by a committee…
by Alex Friedrich

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Gustavus student: What do the humanities teach us?

Gustavus student: What do the humanities teach us?

Refreshing simplicity in this sentence from Olivia Karns at The Gustavian Weekly on the merits of a humanities degree: The humanities are among the most important parts of the liberal arts education because they nudge one in the direction of simply living well.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Libya, remedial students and a homework ban

Harvard to let ROTC back on campus Harvard University is welcoming the Reserve Officer Training Corps program back to campus this week, 41 years after banishing it amid dissent over the Vietnam War. (USA Today) Cornell To Consider Banning Homework Over Breaks The proposed ban would only apply to “last-minute” assignments, say, something assigned the Thursday…
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St. Cloud State offers early retirement to 100

St. Cloud State offers early retirement to 100

Last fall, more than two dozen faculty accepted early retirement offers from St. Cloud State University, and the St. Cloud Times reports that the university has sent more than 100 to non-faculty employees this week. School officials said they expect about 20 acceptances, and the university should finish the process in about five weeks, the…
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U of M – Duluth students denounce Pell cuts, Cravaack's vote

U of M – Duluth students denounce Pell cuts, Cravaack's vote

“What we’re seeing coming out of Washington, and certainly at the state level all across the country, is an attack on the poor, on the working class, and on the middle class of this country, including the ability of young people to go to college.” University of Minnesota – Duluth student and campus Democratic party…
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House committee discusses MnSCU credit transfers

Looks like the bill by Rep. Jim Abeler (R-Anoke) that would require all schools in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system to accept each other’s credits — at least as electives — is part of an annual drive to get MnSCU to hurry up its credit-transfer reform. Abeler, who said credit transfer was…
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