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Why Winona State is the best place for MN students to crash

Why Winona State is the best place for MN students to crash

Now this ranking may be causing a bit of bemusement at Winona State University. The campus placed third in CampusSplash.com’s first Dormy Awards for best residence halls, as covered by USA Today. It made the top three in the country in three divisions: #3 school for dorms #2 among best dorms in the country (Lucas…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Kline, soldiers' education and public service jobs

U-Va. Rotunda waits in line for repairs You’d think that the University of Virginia, a “public Ivy,” would easily repair its iconic Rotunda by Thomas Jefferson. But its endowment is largely off-limits for capital projects. And Virginia lawmakers closed their annual session Sunday without budgeting a single dollar toward the $51 million Rotunda renovation. (Washington…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Ivy League schools don't determine your earnings

Lynn O’Shaughnessy explains in US News & World Report how economists Alan Krueger of Princeton University and Stacy Dale of Mathematica Policy Research have reinforced their almost decade-old study showing that Ivy League graduates do not enjoy a monopoly on high earnings: In the pair’s newest study, the findings are even more amazing. Applicants who…
by Alex Friedrich

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Higher-ed panel hears of U link to rural MD crisis

Higher-ed panel hears of U link to rural MD crisis

On a more serious note, here are some main discussion points from the House higher-ed committee session on the University of Minnesota’s medical school. The main topic: How cuts to the U’s medical school could worsen the shortage of doctors in greater Minnesota. Expense. Medical resident Patricia Dickmann of the psychiatry department said the U…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why House higher-ed members were laughing at today's session

So physicians from the University of Minnesota’s Academic Heath Center have been telling the House higher ed committee today about the U’s heart and psychiatry programs. The doctors hold up a real heart or brain to illustrate the points they’re making about research. Quite compelling. At the end of their spiel, Rep. Tom Rukavina (D-Virginia) asks the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Where do colleges get their money?

Where do colleges get their money?

Here’s a cost chart put out with the help of the University of Phoenix, one of the largest for-profit higher-ed institutions in the country. (To get a zoomed view, click on the image above or click here, and then click on the chart again on that new page.) Its question, “Which of the three models…
by Alex Friedrich

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How Carleton is making its librarians stars

How Carleton is making its librarians stars

Wow, so much for the staid librarian. I just came across the tweet that Carleton College has librarian trading cards — and sets going back to the 2005-2006 school year. (So they’re not really new, but new to me — and the idea seems to be catching on and inspiring others.) They look like a really…
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Notes in the Margins: Guns, cheating and debt-ridden soldiers

GI Bill changes could send some veterans into deep debt For most student vets, recent changes to the GI Bill mean a sizable boost in the money they receive. But for a smaller group, the change will mean a painful cut in funding they thought would be available to pay for classes next year. Veterans groups…
by Alex Friedrich

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Pappas on MnSCU trustee candidate: Conflict of interest

Pappas on MnSCU trustee candidate: Conflict of interest

Five Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system trustee candidates have been approved by the Senate higher education committee — but not without concerns that one will be serving two masters. At today’s meeting, the committee approved Duane Benson, Philip Krinkie, Alfredo Oliveira, Thomas Renier and Michael Vekich. Sen. Sandy Pappas (DFL-St. Paul) voted against Krinkie,…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's the U of M worth to Minnesota? $8.6B a year according to new report

What's the U of M worth to Minnesota? $8.6B a year according to new report

The University of Minnesota recently hired research firm Tripp Umbach to study the U’s role in the state economy. The conclusion: the U of M contributes $8.6 billion a year in total economic “impact” to the state. The research firm included direct and indirect expenditures for goods and services by the university, its employees, students…
by Tim Post

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