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On Campus Blog

Goldy did it. I mean he REALLY did it.

Goldy did it. I mean he REALLY did it.

I’ve covered a little of Goldy’ Gopher’s rise to the top — and it looks like he’s finally reached it. After taking third place in last year’s national mascot competition, he placed first at the event this weekend — the first time ever — this weekend at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. The University…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why the wait lists at campus counseling centers?

I’ve been out of the state, so missed this unsettling piece by MPR’s Tim Post on the big increase in serious mental health cases among college students. Nationally, he reports: There has been a big jump in the number of students on campus with serious psychological disorders. They make up 44 percent of students who…
by Alex Friedrich

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Just how digital St. Cloud Technical is

“I don’t think it’s an outcry for e-textbooks; it’s an outcry for savings.” — St. Cloud Technical & Community College faculty librarian Patricia Akerman on the system’s growing e-Book collection. The St. Cloud Times reports that the Technical & Community College library has more than twice as many electronic books than print books.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Cuba, fund-raising and football studies

Report: First two years of college show small gains Nearly half of the nation’s undergraduates show almost no gains in learning in their first two years of college, a new report shows. (USA Today) Amid Cuts, Public Colleges Step Up Appeals to Alumni As state legislatures cut back support for higher education, public colleges and…
by Alex Friedrich

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How community colleges hope to grab the online market

How community colleges hope to grab the online market

Community colleges trying to get a better share of the online degree market have a new tool to help them fight through the clutter: OnlineCommunityColleges.org. It’s the fledgling product of an online education consortium comprising American Association of Community Colleges member colleges, Community College Times reports. When it launches late this year, it should put…
by Alex Friedrich

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Graphic: The Student Loan Scheme

Graphic: The Student Loan Scheme

Just looked interesting.
by Alex Friedrich

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When student loans count as income

Student finance writer Zac Bissonnette writes why students under 21 have continued to get credit cards despite not having independent proof of income or a co-signer : A survey conducted at the University of Houston Law Center found that … 29% of the under-21-year-old respondents who had signed up for cards since starting school in…
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Why faculty don't use family-friendly work policies

So much for an enlightened profession. UC Berkeley professor Mary Ann Mason explains one reason few of the university’s faculty have taken advantage of parental benefits such as teaching relief: … Many mothers and fathers did not use the benefits (because of) their concern that they would be considered less-than-serious players if they took time…
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Notes in the Margins: Threats, fees and bogus statistics

Governing Boards Get Serious About Presidential Reviews At a time of tight budgets and heightened pressure to adapt to a changing environment, boards do not have the luxury of waiting to see if problems emerge. A growing number of boards are reviewing college presidents on a systematic basis, and some are doing it earlier than…
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What MSU-Moorhead's Corrick Center closure is about

After reading about the planned closure of Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Corrick Center for at-risk students — students who didn’t meet the university’s “automatic admission” standards — I talked to Denise Gorsline, dean of the University College. I’ll try to follow up later on with a post that explores a new angle or two, but…
by Alex Friedrich

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