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Here's a great college newspaper headline. Not.

Here's a great college newspaper headline. Not.

Check out the sidebar that ran with a recent front-page Iowa State Daily story on sexual assault. (Found it on College Media Matters and Tweed. Someone left out the word NOT in the sidebar’s headline “Who can give consent?” So it  erroneously says you can have consensual sex with those who are unconscious, mentally handicapped,…
by Alex Friedrich

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How Minnesota private colleges stack up in awarding degrees

How Minnesota private colleges stack up in awarding degrees

The Minnesota Private College Council’s research arm just came out with some new stats on how it compared to the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system in awarding bachelor’s and graduate degrees this past school year. The aim seems to be to show that private colleges award a larger share of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: Tommies' ice carving

Video: Tommies' ice carving

Interesting little time-lapse video on the how the “AACSB” on St. Thomas’ Minneapolis campus was carved from ice.
by Alex Friedrich

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MCTC professor sees new zodiac sign

I usually hear about this stuff coming out of universities. But City College News reports that  Minneapolis Community and Technical College astronomy professor Parke Kunkle has discovered (?) a new astrological sign — Ophiuchus (Nov. 29 – Dec. 17) and has caused a bit of a ruckus in the blogosphere. The paper explains the new…
by Alex Friedrich

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Students still prefer dead trees over digital

I’ve posted that despite student complaints about cost, eBooks have yet to take off in the market among Minnesota State University students — and that the director of  University of Minnesota’s bookstores expects a booming rental business to cut into that market share even more. Now GalleyCat reports that a recent Book Industry Study Group…
by Alex Friedrich

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How to find cheap textbooks online

How to find cheap textbooks online

As I mentioned in the post on my textbook price comparison yesterday, the Washington Post has a good article on the best places to get cheap textbooks online. It’s a piece by the founder of Cheapism.com. Read the full article for details and warnings, but here are the main ideas: The best online sites are…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Health insurance, stealing and the GAO

Scientists Fault Universities as Favoring Research Over Teaching Universities are aggressively seeking federal dollars to build bigger and fancier laboratory facilities, and are not paying an equal amount of attention to teaching and nurturing the students who would fill them, scientists say in the articles. (chronicle.com) At Many Colleges, No Health Insurance Means No Playing…
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Task force report on MSU-Moorhead's Corrick Center

Got this from MSU – Moorhead. I believe the university president refers to this document in the previous post. It appears to be the (probably revised) task force recommendations regarding its Corrick Center for at-risk students I’ll present it in full: The Corrick Center: A Time for Change Public universities are responsible for preparing graduates…
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MSU Moorhead memo on Corrick Center's closure

MSU Moorhead memo on Corrick Center's closure

Here’s a memo from MSU Moorhead’s president, Edna Mora Szymanski, on Tuesday’s announcement of the closure of the Corrick Center for at-risk students: Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues, I have some important information to share with the campus community. Yesterday afternoon, I met with the Corrick Center faculty to inform them that the Corrick Center…
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Tonight: A presentation on paying for college

Need help understanding how you’ll finance your child’s college education? At 6:15 p.m. today, Eden Prairie High School will hold a financial planning evening that includes financial consultants and experts from three colleges and two banks who can offer advice to parents on how to pay for college. The Eden Prairie News writes that the…
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