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Midmorning: Between adolescent and adult

Pampered, slacking college grads? Maybe yes, maybe no. I’m live-blogging this Midmorning program at 10 a.m.: Click here to join in — or see the transcript after the event: Between adolescent and adult For well over a decade, the media has been criticizing 20-somethings for not wanting to “grow up” – relying on their parents…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Flash seminars, college values and computerized grading

Educators Seek Out More Minorities To Study Abroad Educators want more minority students to study abroad. Foreign study is seen as crucial to student development and even as a key to national security, yet minority participation badly lags their overall presence on college campuses. (The Associated Press via The Huffington Post) A University of Virginia…
by Alex Friedrich

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U of Minnesota tuition rally today

Today’s the day that University of Minnesota students — and President Bob Bruininks — will take a swing at tuition, rallying at noon today to get the legislature to maintain support for state spending on higher ed. The Associated Press reports that more than 300 U students from throughout the state are expected, and should be…
by Alex Friedrich

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Legislature chooses new regents amid DFL complaints of partisanship

In case you missed it, MPR’s Tom Scheck reported yesterday that the legislature has approved the slate of candidates for the University of Minnesota Board of Regents that the joint higher education committee chose last week: Former Republican House Speaker Steve Sviggum; Former Rep. Laura Brod; Retired Cargill Executive David Larson; and Minnesota executive David McMillan.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Rep. Kline blocks limits on for-profit colleges

This just in from John Lauerman at Bloomberg: Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to block an Education Department proposal that would limit government funds to for-profit colleges. Lawmakers approved by a 289-136 vote an amendment sponsored by Representative John Kline, a Minnesota Republican and House education committee chairman, blocking…
by Bill Wareham

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Video: How the SAT is unfair

Video: How the SAT is unfair

Now here’s someone with a cause: high school junior Allie Kauffmann, who’s railing against the unfairness of the SAT. In this little video — made with her film-professor father and commentary by a FairTest official, Kauffman explains how the test (as well as the ACT) is biased in the areas of gender, race, economic background…
by Alex Friedrich

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Online petition supports Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies over Turkish lawsuit

Here’s a belated update to the lawsuit story involving the Turkish Coalition of America’s lawsuit against the University of Minnesota and its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies over the center’s “blacklisting” of the coalition’s Web site I got this release from the College of Liberal Arts: In a gesture of solidarity with the University…
by Alex Friedrich

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Gov. Dayton's higher ed budget recommendations

Here’s some detail from Gov. Dayton’s budget on proposed spending for the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Colleges and University system, and the state Office of Higher Education:
by Bill Wareham

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Video: Inside the college admissions process

Video: Inside the college admissions process

Have all your applications in and wondering what’s happening to them right now? To give us a flavor, the Today Show takes us into the admissions process at one institution — Grinnell College in Iowa — and chats with Jacques Steinberg, higher ed writer for The New York Times. I’m not sure whether it’s comforting…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU's only agronomy program spared the ax at Southwest Minnesota State

MnSCU's only agronomy program spared the ax at Southwest Minnesota State

Here’s a hopeful update to the budget-cutting at Southwest Minnesota State University: The Independent reports that the university’s agronomy program — the only one in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system — has been more or less spared, and the number of faculty to be laid off has been reduced from three to one.…
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