Behind Obama's financial aid 'shopping sheets'January 27, 2012 7:30 PMPresident Barack Obama wants to make it easier to size up the cost of college.
Some bits from Kaler's address to reportersJanuary 27, 2012 9:41 AMBy Alex FriedrichUniversity of Minnesota President Eric Kaler told reporters today that this legislative session he’ll push for more money to maintain aging buildings and offset tuition. It was a wide-ranging forum, and I’ll try to get some more details later. But here’s what I’ve got so far on these topics: Maintenance. After last year’s bonding request,…
In today's market, it's more about doing the work than getting the jobJanuary 27, 2012 5:00 AMCreative people have always had to find ways to make a life while doing what they loved.
MSU-Moorhead still trying for Division I hockey teamJanuary 27, 2012 1:58 AMBy Alex FriedrichMSU-Moorhead Athletic Director Doug Peters is trying to squelch rumors that the university has dropped its bid to start a Division I hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The association reports that Moorhead has collected $17 million of the $29.6 million goal that would get them in, and The Advocate writes the deadline…
Notes in the Margins: Indiana Jones, SAT cheating and AppleJanuary 27, 2012 1:33 AMBy Alex FriedrichAccurate role models as hard to find as the Holy Grail itself One professor has had enough of Hollywood’s clichéd depictions of faculty. (Times Higher Education) NY Bill Would Make Crimes Out Of SAT Cheating The measure, proposed by Sen. Kenneth LaValle of Suffolk County, would create new felonies of facilitation of education testing fraud and of…
OHE chief: Remediation should come earlier than collegeJanuary 26, 2012 9:54 AMBy Alex FriedrichDuring State Office of Higher Education Director Larry Pogemiller’s introductory address to the House higher-education committee, Vice Chairman Bob Dettmer (R-Forest Lake) brought up the need to deal with remediation. He recalled cases in which non-native English speakers would arrive in Minnesota with few English skills and start as freshmen in high school. After graduation,…
OHE's Pogemiller takes some heat from a fellow DFLerJanuary 26, 2012 9:47 AMBy Alex FriedrichMinnesota Office of Higher Education Director Larry Pogemiller didn’t have the easiest first appearance before the state House higher-education committee. He started his address to the committee saying he was hoping to beef up the research and consultative components of the office, which he said in years past hasn’t been as strong or well-regarded as…
Pogemiller's presentation to the House higher-ed committeeJanuary 26, 2012 6:40 AMBy Alex FriedrichHere’s the PowerPoint presentation that state Office of Higher Education Director Larry Pogemiller has been giving during the hearing.
Ellison co-sponsoring bill on Stafford Loan interest rateJanuary 26, 2012 5:41 AMBy Alex FriedrichJust got this: Ellison Co-Sponsors Legislation to Prevent Student Loan Rate Increase Today, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) joined Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) as an original cosponsor of H.R. 3826, which fulfills the President’s State of the Union request to ensure that interest rates for undergraduate Stafford Loans do not double this summer. In 2007, Congress…
Report: The state of Minnesota higher educationJanuary 26, 2012 5:13 AMBy Alex FriedrichHere’s the most recent version of Minnesota Measures, the state Office of Higher Education’s report to the legislature on the state of higher ed here. I’ve just received it, so I haven’t had time to go through it yet. Director Larry Pogemiller will be going over the highlights in his 12:30 address to the House…