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August 17, 2010 11:05 AM

Life changes just around the corner for teachers

It's mid-August, and with a new school year looming on the horizon, Minnesota Public Radio essayist Peter Smith has a few words of encouragement for the state's school teachers.

by Peter Smith

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August 17, 2010 7:51 AM

Full list of MN's U.S. News and World Report rankings

cursedthing via Flickr The waiting game is over — for this year I’ve posted other college rankings before, but here’s the granddaddy: U.S. News & World Report’s. The magazine looks at 16 factors among 1,400 accredited four-year schools. As usual, critics say the rankings are arbitrary — and pressure colleges to boost scores…

by Alex Friedrich

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August 17, 2010 5:13 AM

MSU Moorhead stumbles upon 1915 time capsule, opens it today

Wikimedia Commons What’s in that time capsule? At 12:45 p.m. today, officials at MSU Moorhead will open a time capsule that workers ran across while renovating Lommen Hall. They “unexpectedly came across the corner stone for Weld Hall—the two buildings are joined. Within the stone was a time capsule in the form of a large…

by Alex Friedrich

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August 17, 2010 3:50 AM

Dirty Harry? Whozzat?

Nelson: A Movie Fan via Flickr More of a Million Dollar Baby now Today we’ve got the 13th installment of the annual list that makes most of us feel old: Beloit College’s Mindset List — this time for the Class of 2014. For those of you unfamiliar with this gem, it’s a list of…

by Alex Friedrich

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August 16, 2010 11:14 AM

Pressing the candidates for more college discussion

MPR Photo/Tom Scheck OK, let’s talk higher ed Looks like more people are noting a lack of a higher education discussion among Minnesota’s gubernatorial candidates — and demanding more policy meat. Two progressive Minnesota non-profit groups – Growth & Justice and the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership – are calling on the would-be govs to make higher-ed a…

by Alex Friedrich

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August 16, 2010 8:53 AM

Little clarity on just how much tuition covers

University of Minnesota Professor Bill Gleason says in a Strib column that it’s been hard even for him to find out what portion of a student’s education is covered by tuition. We need to identify the true cost of education so that we can, by subtraction, identify what are not educational costs and cut them…

by Alex Friedrich

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August 16, 2010 6:20 AM

Some MN colleges demanding you apply earlier

PerfesserC via Wikimedia Commons Don’t just drop in In case you missed it, check out Tim Post’s piece on earlier college application deadlines. In essence: At a few Twin Cities colleges — Normandale, Minneapolis Community & Technical College, Century and Pine Technical — the days are over when students could apply for classes the same day they…

by Alex Friedrich

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August 16, 2010 4:30 AM

Notes on the presidential talk

Once again, the guests: Chuck Denny: Former head of ADC Communications and veteran on many university search committees for college executives. Jan Greenwood: Greenwood/Asher and Associates, executive search firm. Former college president and veteran of over 1,000 searches. Mike McPherson: Economist and former president of Macalester College in St. Paul, and currently President of the Spencer…

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August 16, 2010 4:07 AM

What makes a good college president?

Our Midmorning program is offering a talk on getting good leaders in higher education — a big topic considering that the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system are looking for new chiefs. Here are the guests: Chuck Denny: Former head of ADC Communications and veteran on many university search committees for college…

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August 16, 2010 3:54 AM

Notes in the Margins: A roundup

Hard times at the U: Forbes talks about cuts, cuts, cuts at America’s biggest universities. It notes a Moody’s Investors Service report showing that universities now get just 30 percent of their operating revenue from the state — compared to 50 percent just 20 years ago. Minnesota, however, is not among those hardest hit. But don’t laugh,…

by Alex Friedrich

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