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Tips on financial aid

Martha C. Merrill, the dean of admissions at Connecticut College, gives a handful of tips to those going through the financial aid office: Understand each institution’s policies. Aid policies, requirements and packages vary greatly from school to school. Do your taxes early. In most cases, the financial aid deadline comes before the federal tax deadline.…
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Help on filling out the FAFSA

Help on filling out the FAFSA

Sandra Block writes in USA Today that the financial paperwork grind known as FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) has begun for those seeking financial aid. She has a number of tips and links for those needing help filling out the form. You can read the full article here. Below is what has changed…
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Notes in the Margins: Cuba, the military and tiger moms

More college grads joining military The recession and a tough job market have more college graduates joining the military, officials said. The only military branch without noticeable college graduate gains is the Marine Corps. (United Press International) Tri-Valley University, So-Called ‘Sham University,’ Probed For Visa Fraud The government of India is urging the United States…
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Bruininks on Dayton's bonding bill

Got this from the University of Minnesota — President Robert Bruininks’ comments on Gov. Mark Dayton’s bonding bill and how it affects the U of M: I’m pleased with Gov. Dayton’s bonding recommendations for the University of Minnesota and am excited about getting to work with him and the Legislature on funding some of these…
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One comment on remedial education

(In my day) a shovel in a a ditch or a place in the United States Army – that was remediation. At some point, young people have to realize there are consequences, and you have to buckle down and have to learn. Some of what we’re doing — I don’t know how affordable it is.…
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What some foreign students at Moorhead have difficulty understanding

In an interesting twist on the international student story, assistant professor of English Amy Watkin of Concordia College in Moorhead tells The Concordian student paper that the system fails to help foreign students enough to understand American plagiarism and academic integrity standards: ““I’ve found that almost without exception, whatever continent you’re talking about, the students…
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How much MSU-Moorhead's marijuana calls have climbed

How much MSU-Moorhead's marijuana calls have climbed

Minnesota State University – Moorhead is seeing a record number of marijuana calls, The Advocate student paper reports Public Safety Interim Director Mitch Osland told the paper he believes the jump might reflect a heightened increase in responses by the Public Safety department under a zero-tolerance policy — and not so much an actual increase…
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Breakdown of higher-ed elements of Dayton's bonding bill

Just got this list of projects, so I thought I’d hand it over to you in its raw form. Amounts should be in thousands, putting each into the millions. Again, MPR’s Tom Scheck reports that Dayton’s plan includes $226 million for higher education and a $51 million for a new physics and nanotechnology building at…
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How the Twin Cities stack up against other literate communities

How the Twin Cities stack up against other literate communities

Minneapolis (#3) and St. Paul (#7) remain unchanged in their Top 10 places of Central Connecticut State University’s list of Most Literate Cities in America. The ranking looks at cities with a population 250,000 or more and considers six indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment and…
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Tidbits on higher-ed elements on governor's bonding bill

Information is dribbling in about Gov. Mark Dayton’s bonding bill and how it’ll affect higher education. MPR’s Tom Scheck reports that Dayton’s plan includes $226 million for higher education and a $51 million for a new physics and nanotechnology building at the University of Minnesota. Dayton apparently said he included all U of M and MnSCU…
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