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Video: How 60 Minutes inspired MnSCU trustees today

Video: How 60 Minutes inspired MnSCU trustees today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bryQ9xt5gwk For a bit of inspiration this morning, the board watched this recent “60 Minutes” segment on Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. He’s apparently working wonders getting a racially diverse student body hooked on science, technology, engineering and math. The video above is just a snippet. You can apparently view the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why MnSCU will look again at its sexual-violence policy

As I noticed earlier this morning, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system trustees are taking another look at their sexual-violence policy. As minutes show, the board was discussing a revision months ago. Today it passed that revision, which does away with internal dispute resolution, changes some language and changes the definition of what a…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's in LSC's new swipeable student ID

What's in LSC's new swipeable student ID

Lake Superior College in Duluth has announced a new all-in-one swipeable card for students. There’s a lot in it. Check out what the colleges says is in it. I’ve put the items in bold: Beginning November 21st, LSC students will receive a new student ID in the mail, called the “LSCPlus Card. The cards will…
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Video: 2 MnSCU stories from yesterday's Pell announcement

Video: 2 MnSCU stories from yesterday's Pell announcement

In case you missed the press conference yesterday, Minnesota student leaders announced they were handing over a petition — with 4,000-plus signiatures — to the Minnesota Congressional delegation asking them to save the Pell Grant program, which faces potential cuts. I didn’t get a chance to mention two students who talked about what the Pell…
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How MnSCU is changing its sexual violence policy

Just found this little tidbit interesting in light of the Penn State case. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system is revising its sexual violence policy, and one of the changes, according to minutes of a July 20 meeting, is this:  Internal dispute resolution mechanisms, including mediation, are removed as options, as they are…
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Notes in the Margins: Porn sites, Marines and the right to riot

Recruiting Veterans, Columbia Finds an Impressive Applicant Pool Two years ago, in an effort to attract more veterans to Columbia, Curtis Rodgers, a dean of admissions, began recruiting at military bases. Almost immediately he noticed differences between the Marines and the typical 18-year-old Ivy League applicant. (The New York Times via NAICU) Washington U., Mizzou aim to protect…
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