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GORE-TEX founder gives $10 million to UMN expansion

Just got this announcement from the U, which I’ve edited for length: U alumnus and inventor of GORE-TEX gives $10 million for expansion of Amundson Hall Robert and Jane Gore have donated $10 million for the expansion of Amundson Hall, the home of the University’s highly ranked Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science in…
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Notes in the Margins: MOOCs, prelaw and the wrath of Sandy

Sandy prompts some colleges to push early-application deadlines Thursday marks a key annual deadline for many colleges to accept early applications. Authorities in northeast and mid-Atlantic states expect millions of people to be without power this week in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, making it extremely difficult for some students to meet the Nov. 1 target…
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What MnSCU has been hearing from Minnesota employers so far

What MnSCU has been hearing from Minnesota employers so far

I’ve been interested in checking in on what the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system has learned so far through its workforce assessment program, which I reported on earlier this year. The MnSCU budget released earlier this month suggests that the statewude listening sessions that system officials had with employers prompted at least a…
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Notes in the Margins: Twitter, online presence and Texas' Top 10 entry rule

I’m an academic and desperately need an online presence, where do I start? Salma Patel has been on a whistle-stop tour of academic social media channels. Here she shares her simple, practical tips for academics who want to start engaging with the wider world through social media. (LSE / Impact of social sciences) Study: Twitter Improves…
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How the University of Minnesota sees MOOCs

How the University of Minnesota sees MOOCs

In researching my piece on Massive Open Online Courses — known my the rather thuggish-sounding acronym of MOOCs — for this afternoon’s edition of All Things Considered, I spoke with the folks at the University of Minnesota. Even though the College of St. Scholastica is apparently working on a course, MOOCs tend to be the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Copyrights, varied tuition and the underground school

College Tuition Should Vary By Degree, Florida State Task Force Says If you want to save money at Florida’s universities, you may soon have to choose biology over ballet or engineering over English. (The Huffington Post) Fake IDs can be a real problem A Her Campus survey found that 54.5% of readers surveyed had or currently have a fake…
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Notes in the Margins: Endowments, vets and minority profs

Why Professors Love Veterans What do the schools stand to gain from veterans? According to the professors who have taught them, quite a bit. (The Huffington Post) College Endowment Returns Fall Steeply A preliminary report says the average college endowment fell by 0.3 percent, in contrast to a gain of 19.2 percent last year. (The…
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How the president of St. Scholastica sees MOOCs

How the president of St. Scholastica sees MOOCs

I’ve been looking into Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) ever since the Coursera-Minnesota flap. Here’s part of a faculty/staff address given by The College of St. Scholastica President Larry Goodwin back in August. I’ve included a transcript of the section where he discusses them. He sees a lot of promise in them, and goes over…
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Notes in the Margins: Retired profs, women's salaries and the flipped classroom

Student Debt Debacles Many borrowers did not learn about the differences between private and federal loans until after they became deeply indebted. And because of confusion about variable rates, they are sometimes shocked to learn what they owe when that first bill arrives. (The New York Times) Starting salaries: How can women catch up with the…
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