Play2min 13secGov. Dayton's bullying task force begins its workMarch 20, 2012 4:00 AMBy Tim PostHow to prevent bullying — even how to define bullying — is the job laid out for Gov. Mark Dayton's task force to investigate the scope of the problem in Minnesota.
Notes in the Margins: Adjuncts, law school admissions and community college cutsMarch 20, 2012 3:24 AMBy Alex FriedrichUniversities Turn to Outsourced Professors to Cut Costs Although colleges argue that outsourcing professors and academic programs are beneficial to both the students and the school, some worry this cost-saving measure can taint a school’s reputation and take away from the students’ learning experience. (Fox News via University Business) Community colleges downsize programs Community colleges across the…
House GOP focuses on asset preservation in $280m bonding bill planMarch 19, 2012 4:55 PMBy Tom ScheckThe plan focuses on asset preservation.
Play7min 46secReport: US high school graduation rate improvesMarch 19, 2012 8:50 AMAggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research to be presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington.
MN legislation would let more students earn dual creditMarch 19, 2012 8:04 AMBy Alex FriedrichI’ve been seeing several pieces of legislation going around that are trying to broaden the state Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program. One bill I’m focusing on is by a bipartisan group of state senators led by Republican Gen Olson of Minnetrista. She wants to open up the program to younger students, give them more college…
Report: US high school graduation rate improvesMarch 19, 2012 8:04 AMResearchers found that the number of "dropout factories," schools that fail to graduate more than 60 percent of students on time, had dropped by more than 450 between 2002 and 2010, but that 1,550 remain.
Minnesotan among 5 in teachers Hall of FameMarch 19, 2012 7:44 AMFive teachers from across the country will be the latest additions to the National Teachers Hall of Fame at Emporia State University in eastern Kansas, including Crystal, Minn., fifth- and sixth- grade teacher Scott Charlesworth-Seiler.
What graduate assistants are facing this weekMarch 19, 2012 7:20 AMBy Alex Friedrich“Things are extremely polarized in terms of union organizing. Any attempt is going to be very contentious.” — Hamline University employment-law professor David Larson to the Minnesota Daily on the national atmosphere around union organizing — just as the U’s graduate assistants vote this week on whether they’ll form a union. Read the full story…
The hiring controversies of the UMN nursing deanMarch 19, 2012 7:10 AMBy Alex Friedrich“We are both movers, and respect but do not let issues obstruct progress …” — University of Minnesota dean of nursing Connie Delaney in an e-mail, reported by the Star Tribune, to Julie Jacko, a former Georgia Tech professor whom Delaney helped recruit to Minnesota. Jacko has been indicted on charges of fraud. Now the…
Notes in the Margins: Spring break, female rivalry and the green-card chantMarch 19, 2012 3:39 AMBy Alex FriedrichGreedy Law Schools Taught Jobless Grads Too Well Greedy law schools may have taught their jobless graduates a little too well. Some disgruntled lawyers are suing their alma maters for exaggerating employment prospects. That seems fitting for a litigious lot with buyers’ remorse over a $120,000 education. The lousy job market isn’t the schools’ fault, but…