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U of Minnesota talks up how it helps state economy

Just got this from the U. In a time of budget cuts, I suppose you’ve gotta blow your own horn: U of M reports an $8.6 billion annual economic impact in Minnesota In an economic impact study released today, the University of Minnesota outlined the major role it plays in Minnesota’s economy. Among the findings…
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Video: Why being on hold is excruciating at colleges

Video: Why being on hold is excruciating at colleges

Care to guess what it’s like for us reporters when colleges and universities put us on hold when we phone up? We listen to bad music. Endless, cheesy hold music. So cheesy that MPR’s Tim Post decided to parody it in this great little video for the MPR talent show that we had on Friday.…
by Alex Friedrich

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How full-time-study credit discounts harm some students

Emilie Thiessen, news editor of Saint Cloud State University’s student paper, the University Chronicle, argues that the “banded tuition” policy at some state schools — which charges part-time students more per-credit than it does full-timers — inadvertently punishes those students who can’t finish in four years (or aren’t ready to): … We would be encouraged…
by Alex Friedrich

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How a Republican and a Democrat view the dire higher-ed scenarios

How a Republican and a Democrat view the dire higher-ed scenarios

So what do legislators think of state higher-education officials’ use of dire-but-impossible budget-cut scenarios that show what it would be like if sacrifices were made in just one area — such as faculty layoffs, school closures or double-digit tuition increases? I’ve received split reactions from two House higher-ed committee members — both educators — one…
by Alex Friedrich

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Tommies review new confession app for smartphones

Tommies review new confession app for smartphones

“Many people thought this was a way to substitute for the human experience and it’s not. No diocese has ever given any serious thought that this would substitute for the experience.” The Rev. John Malone, vice president for mission at the University of St. Thomas, on the $1.99 “Confession: A Roman Catholic App” for smartphones, which…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Pot, Brits abroad and Facebook in admissions

Pulling the plug — A perfect storm is brewing that could change higher education Nevada is considering closing down five of its nine higher education institutions because of budget shortfalls this legislative term. And in California, at least three universities are considering going private because of the state’s lack of funding. In Connecticut, Montana and…
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Would a University of Wisconsin split drive up tuition?

Would a University of Wisconsin split drive up tuition?

“My fear is that this potentially moves UW-Madison toward becoming a higher tuition model that would exclude those very students who have been able to attend UW-Madison from the past.” University of Wisconsin Regent John Drew during discussions today on a proposal to separate the University of Wisconsin – Madison from the rest of the…
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Video: Carleton student photographs year of beard growth

Video: Carleton student photographs year of beard growth

Carleton student Corey Fauver filmed himself growing — and coloring and cultivating — his beard for a year. It’s stop motion, so you can see it slowly evolve, but later on in the video he plays around with it in some interesting ways. Got this from City Pages, which says his video took second place…
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Why do college officials use dire-but-impossible budget scenarios?

With legislators pressing them for budget-cut scenarios this week, officials from the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) have been using an interesting (and familiar) tactic that injects a little drama — necessarily or unnecessarily? — into the proceedings . So what are they doing? When explaining how a 15-20-percent…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why professors can't improve their productivity

After I posted about the book Why Does College Cost So Much? yesterday, I got a note from Rand Park, director of corporate relations for the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. He pointed me to a 2003 article from The New Yorker. It focuses on a phenomenon, mentioned in the book, that is…
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