UMN regents to review executive pay policiesApril 13, 2012 5:07 AMBy Alex FriedrichYou may remember reports of University of Minnesota Eric Kaler taking heat from legislators over former President Bob Bruininks’ executive pay packages for top U administrators. He promised them he’d look into the system that enabled that. Here’s an update that just came in: Board of Regents committee begins review of executive compensation and administrative…
Notes in the Margins: College consultants, student ambassadors and getting hitchedApril 13, 2012 3:37 AMBy Alex FriedrichReport: UC pepper spraying could have been prevented The report concludes that UC Davis police failed to use standard procedures in planning for the protest, and recommends a top-to-bottom overhaul of the entire UC police force. (San Francisco Chronicle via University Business) Applicants Should Trust College Student ‘Ambassadors’ Less, Experts Say Applicants may not realize how carefully…
Rancor in UMN grad-assistant union driveApril 12, 2012 7:47 AMUnionization supporters are claiming, as they did in January, that the U has been trying to silence talk of a union on campus.
Notes in the Margins: Disclosure, hiding newspapers, and a free educationApril 12, 2012 2:41 AMBy Alex FriedrichApple, major publishers hit with federal antitrust lawsuit over e-book pricing According to the complaint, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, at least five publishers—Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, Penguin and Macmillan—conspired with Apple to fix prices for e-books ahead of the 2010 launch of the iPad tablet and iBookstore, forcing Amazon to raise prices…
Play3min 00secWilliam Mitchell law faculty opposes marriage amendmentApril 11, 2012 3:58 PMBy Sasha AslanianFaculty at one of Minnesota's law schools have voted to oppose a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage.
UMN graduate-assistant union group accuses U of unfair election practicesApril 11, 2012 3:15 PMBy Alex FriedrichI’ve posted before about charges exchanged between the University of Minnesota administration and the group trying to form a graduate-assistant union — each claiming the other was acting unfairly during the unionization campaign. Now unionization supporters are claiming — as they did in January — that the U has been trying to silence talk of…
Play4min 53secMPR's Dan Gunderson checks in from northwest MinnesotaApril 11, 2012 10:19 AMBy Cathy Wurzer and Dan GundersonCathy Wurzer checks in with MPR reporter Dan Gunderson about the latest news out of northwest Minnesota.
How has life after graduation been?April 11, 2012 8:10 AMBy Alex FriedrichSome MPR colleagues in the Public Insight Network are conducting a survey of college graduates of the Class of 2011: Class of 2011: What have you been up to since graduation? Maybe it’s a question you’re dreading — or one you’re eager to answer. Regardless of how it’s been, MPR News wants to hear your…
Reader: Why I'm bagging chemistry for accountingApril 11, 2012 4:13 AMBy Alex FriedrichSeems like some comments I posted by University of Minnesota chemistry professor Chris Cramer on the marketability of chemistry degrees touched a nerve with one reader, MSChemist: I have a Master of Science in Chemistry and have come to regret it intensely. Companies do not value chemists at all. The pharmaceuticals industry has been the…
Notes in the Margins: Cash cows, admissions goofs and rethinking the biz majorApril 11, 2012 2:53 AMBy Alex FriedrichThe ‘Cash Cow’ of U.S. Universities: Professional Certificates Instead of Degrees Responding to demand from more and more students, universities are jumping into the business of providing professional certificates that were once the domain of community colleges and for-profit providers like the University of Phoenix. (Time via University Business) Nearly 900 wrongly told they’re admitted to…