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Award-winning math teacher shares his secrets

Award-winning math teacher shares his secrets

Wayzata West Middle School math teacher Seth Brown won the Milken Educator Award, known as the "Oscar" of teaching. What are the best ways to teach-- and learn--math? Are math skills important?

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How St. Cloud State's president responded to the Color Caucus

Here’s how St. Cloud State President Earl Potter responded to the Color Caucus’ demands after the firing of enrollment VP Mahmoud Saffari. (Note: The Potter letter posted previously is legit, but was written at a later date.)
by Alex Friedrich

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What St. Cloud's Color Caucus wrote President Potter

I’ve posted a few pieces on the student and faculty unrest at St. Cloud State over the firing of Mahmoud Saffari, its enrollment chief, last month. Here’s the letter of complaint that the campus Color Caucus wrote the administration.
by Alex Friedrich

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What MCTC might do with the sale of bottled water

What MCTC might do with the sale of bottled water

Katie Lentsch writes in City College News why Minneapolis Community & Technical College might catch the current ban-the-water-bottle wave hitting Minnesota colleges: With (food contractor) Sodexo’s current contract expiring this coming June, this could be a good time for researching alternate water options. Speaking with President Davis, Conley said, “The school needs to update its…
by Alex Friedrich

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Infographic: How the teaching model can be flipped

Infographic: How the teaching model can be flipped

Created by Knewton and Column Five Media The idea of the “flipped classroom” — in which an instructor assigns students home reading or viewing and then works on it with them in the next class — is getting a lot of ink these days. Although the term tends to apply to the high-school classroom, you…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Diversity, natural gas and gay military students

College Diversity Nears Its Last Stand A case involving racial preference in university admissions is headed to the Supreme Court and could mean the end of affirmative action at public universities. (The New York Times) Gay military college students come out, start club Gay students at Norwich University make presence known after “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal.…
by Alex Friedrich

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ARW Podcast: Efficiencies on Campus

ARW Podcast: Efficiencies on Campus

Many corporations are demanding cheaper, faster and more efficient work from their employees. Now that bottom-line kind of thinking is coming to higher education.

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U of M to seek $170M from state for building plans

U of M to seek $170M from state for building plans

The regents of the University of Minnesota are scheduled to approve a formal request to the Legislature for $170 million for building and renovation projects during their regular meeting Friday.
by Tim Post

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UMN regents give thumbs up to bonding request

UMN regents give thumbs up to bonding request

The University of Minnesota’s board of regents has approved the school’s 2012 bonding request. Next legislative session the U of M will ask lawmakers for nearly $170 million in state money. The bulk of the money is for Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR), essentially the pot of money used to keep buildings in shape…
by Tim Post

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