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Notes in the Margins: Debt, boot camps and employer pickiness

Student Debt and the Economy The student loan debt crisis has become a drag on the economy. Younger Americans who are saddled with bankrupting payments — or credit ratings damaged by delinquency — are in no position to buy homes, save for retirement or start businesses. (The New York Times) The Business of Boot Camps…
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The UMN draft report to lawmakers on administrative spending

This is the interim draft report — discussed this morning at the University of Minnesota Board of Regents meeting — that needs to be in legislators hands by March 15. Both the House and Senate higher-ed committees will discuss it at their meetings on Monday and Tuesday. It’s a draft, so some things could change.…
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Notes in the Margins: Rankings, community colleges and a campus nap room

Community college grads out-earn bachelor’s degree holders Many newly minted graduates of community colleges are defying history and stereotypes by proving that a bachelor’s degree is not, as widely believed, the only ticket to a middle-class income. (CNN) Sequestration impact outlined school-by-school The sequester is expected to drain the federal work-study program budget by $37.6 million, and…
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Notes in the Margins: Mocking applicants, setting tuition and overtaking the SAT

Tuition varies a lot There is a wide distribution of tuition at for-profit colleges. Normally, price competition should result in a pretty narrow distribution, and such competition should be most evident in the for-profit sector for two reasons. (The Quick and the Ed) More views on College Board’s SAT rewrite Two rival college admissions tests have almost evenly…
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Draft of UMN President Eric Kaler's State of the University speech

Here’s the final draft used by President Eric Kaler in yesterday’s State of the University address. Good afternoon. To start with the obvious, we are in the midst of the perfect storm for higher education. Like all land-grant, top-tier public research universities, at the University of Minnesota, the economic crisis fueled severe budget cuts and…
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Notes in the Margins: Ag studies, China and the GPA

Farm Boom Sows Jobs Bounty As the agribusiness industry grows, companies like Cargill, Deere and Monsanto are stepping up hiring, which in turn is stoking demand for agriculture degrees. (The Wall Street Journal) Do colleges care about your GPA? Admissions officers at the nation’s top schools say they barely look at an applicant’s GPA. (USA Today) U.S.…
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Who was named prez to Anoka campuses and Southwest MN State

While I was off yesterday, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system decided to appoint a couple of presidents: Kent Hanson to Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College; and Connie Gores to Southwest Minnesota State University. The Albert Lea Tribune says Hanson will succeed president Terry Leas, who took a job in Washington…
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What state Rep. Mariani says about the Minnesota DREAM Act

What state Rep. Mariani says about the Minnesota DREAM Act

The radio story I did yesterday for MPR — “Bill would ease college financial challenges for students illegally in Minnesota” — had to leave a few things out, so I thought I’d update you today. (The people in the first two photos of this post are the ones in the piece, by the way.) As…
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Notes in the Margins: MOOCs, graduation rates and the SAT

College Board to make changes to SAT The SAT, the most widely used college entrance exam for generations of students, is getting a makeover. David Coleman, president of the College Board, says it will redesign the test to more sharply focus on the “core set of knowledge and skills” that high school graduates need to…
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Notes in the Margins: Spending, skin color and Obama's scorecard

‘Un-Fair’ Campaign Defended By University Of Wisconsin-Superior Conservative blogs have been criticizingwhat they call “racially charged”advertisements that show Caucasian people with statements like “is white skin really a fair skin?” written on their faces. (The Huffington Post) What Colleges Spend, and What They Charge For poor students, basically, the less selective the college, the more they pay, and the less…
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