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Why grad students should drop Dr. Seuss from their application essays

Why grad students should drop Dr. Seuss from their application essays

ladybugbkt via Flickr And this has exactly what to do with your research interests? Chronicle of Higher Education blogger “Female Science Professor” talks about how graduate-school applicants need to write more about their scholarly experiences and interests — and can the cutesy stuff: At the risk of sounding like a cranky old science professor, I…
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(Update) MnSCU trustees select U's Rosenstone and Utah's Sederburg as chancellor finalists

(Update) MnSCU trustees select U's Rosenstone and Utah's Sederburg as chancellor finalists

Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system announced this morning their two candidates for system chancellor. They named Steven Rosenstone, vice president for scholarly and cultural affairs at the University of Minnesota; and William Sederburg, Utah’s commissioner of higher education. The men were two of four semi-finalists. Trustees said the two others dropped…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Chicken and waffles, mental health and public value

UC Irvine MLK Day dinner criticized The chicken-and-waffle meal was served on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the first day of UC Irvine’s three-day symposium in honor of the civil rights leader. Student organizations complained that the menu was insensitive. (Los Angeles Times) Federal Official Urges Colleges to Unite in Emphasizing Their Public Value As…
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Background and schedule for MnSCU chancellor interviews

Background and schedule for MnSCU chancellor interviews

MPR / Tim Post Big decision to make By the end of next week, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system’s board of trustees is expected to hire a new chancellor. Trustees are expected to name the candidates Monday, and public interviews will take place that week. Here’s MPR’s Tim Post report. Details of the…
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What one legislator said about the state's textbook report

What one legislator said about the state's textbook report

Just after yesterday’s MN House hearing on a state textbook report, I talked to Rep. King Banaian (R – St. Cloud), who is on the House higher education committee. Banaian is a St. Cloud State University economics professor and director of the Center for Economic Education. He agreed that professors need to be more aware…
by Alex Friedrich

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Carleton second most loved by its alumni

If the breadth of alumni giving equals love, then Carleton College is the second most-loved college in the U.S. according to data from US News & World Report. More than six in 10 alumni give money to the school, the magazine reports. The rankings do not factor in the size of the gift, however. The…
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Why Latin still matters in higher education

Why Latin still matters in higher education

As we lament the lack of learning in college by students with their iPads, social-network savvy and high self-esteem, University of Minnesota senior Peter Wildberger suggests that old school — and he means the oldest of old school — still might be the best school: Since I started school without direction, I didn’t learn much…
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House budget bill criticized for stance on higher-ed funding

House budget bill criticized for stance on higher-ed funding

MPR’s Tom Scheck reports on the state House passage of a budget bill that, among other things, cuts $185 million from a funding increase to the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, leaving them with essentially flat funding from this year to next. He quotes Rep. Tom Rukavina, DFL-Virginia, who criticized Republicans…
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Notes in the Margins: ROTC, Kaplan and the Fighting Sioux

UND denies pressuring Summit League to take stand on nickname, logo Less than a day after a news story implied UND pressured the Summit League to take a stand against the controversial Fighting Sioux nickname to help place the school’s potential membership on the fast track, UND athletic department officials went on the offensive to…
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