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October 5, 2011 3:02 AM

How much do Minnesota college graduates earn?

Amid the curren concern over whether college grads will earn enough right out of school to pay off their student loans, Payscale.com has released a ranking of colleges and universities according the salary potential of their graduates. This is a list of the Midwestern colleges, so Minnesota’s should be here. It’s the complete list, but…

by Alex Friedrich

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October 5, 2011 2:32 AM

What's new at the U: Weisman Art Museum, Bike Center and iPhone App

From the U: For this episode of This Week @Minnesota, we check out the new Weisman Art Museum expansion, visit the new bike center on campus and play an app created by a U of M professor.

by Alex Friedrich

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October 5, 2011 2:05 AM

Notes in the Margins: SAT cheating, Facebook drinkers and the G.I Bill

A Broader G.I. Bill Unless strong controls are put in place, the surge of G.I. Bill money will be a windfall for fly-by-night schools more interested in cashing in on veterans than educating them. (The New York Times) Facebook Can Help Identify Problem Drinkers In College Not sure if you or a friend has a drinking problem?…

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October 5, 2011 12:00 AM

Character development in the classroom

Many students work to achieve high GPAs, but what about CPAs, or character point averages? Certain educators and psychologists say that character development in the classroom is the key to student success.

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October 4, 2011 10:15 AM

More than 1,800 Thomas Built buses recalled

The parent company of High Point, N.C.-based Thomas Built Buses says it initiated a safety recall campaign and has alerted the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

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October 4, 2011 9:13 AM

How well do college departments work together to handle ESL students?

ESL expert Dana Ferris said at a recent St. Marys University conference in Minneapolis that it’s almost dysfunctional the way many colleges and universities handle students who speak English as a second language. Tension often exists between faculty in the various disciplines and the campus writing center, which is where many ESL students go for…

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October 4, 2011 6:03 AM

MPR forum's food for thought: Is college still a good investment?

Thinking of attending MPR’s free forum tonight on higher education and the skills college students need? Chris Farrell, economics editor of American Public Media’s Marketplace Money and author of “The New Frugality: How to Consume Less, Save More and Live Better,” has this to say about the debate over the value of a degree: The…

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October 4, 2011 3:56 AM

How St. Cloud State and its town don't see eye to eye on homecoming

Star Tribune columnist and former St. Cloud State University student Jon Tevlin writes about the odd situation that has developed in that town since the university decided to drop homecoming and host some replacement events: Miffed at the college for dropping the word “homecoming,” much of the town is going on with its own homecoming…

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October 4, 2011 2:46 AM

What an engineering flash mob at the University of Minnesota looks like

Having run a video on a UCLA flash-mob wedding proposal late last week, I stumbled across this flash-mob video — from the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering’s 75th anniversary — while reading a New York Times article on how they’re sweeping campuses across the country. Ya think?

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October 4, 2011 2:28 AM

Notes in the Margins: Flash mobs, the Common App and the Net Price Calculator

Immersion Trips’ aim to pop college comfort bubbles – at home and abroad Student participation in study abroad programs has grown steadily over the past 25 years and so have educators’ worries over students not immersing themselves in their new environments. Enter: The Immersion Trip – an experience aimed at getting students outside of their comfort zone…

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