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What to sign up for while eating a Pronto Pup

What to sign up for while eating a Pronto Pup

I’m working on a project — which is why I haven’t posted in a while — but I figured I’d inject a little State Fair flavor into On Campus. Looks like the Minnesota Office of Higher Education‘s State Fair booth is holding a daily drawing for a $200 Minnesota College Savings Plan account. Office officials…
by Alex Friedrich

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Report: How student borrowing has risen in 2 years

I’m working on my own radio spots about the state Office of Higher Education report above. But for now feel free to read the original report (Ed. note: Problems uploading. Link to report is here.) And check out the office’s take on the data in its press release below: OHE REPORT INDICATES HOW MN STUDENTS…
by Alex Friedrich

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UMN: We won Tubby Smith hiring case

Just got this announcement from the U: Statement by University of Minnesota General Counsel about Supreme Court decision on Williams v. Smith and U of M The Minnesota Supreme Court today ruled in favor of Coach Tubby Smith and the University of Minnesota in the case brought against them by James R. Williams. The ruling…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Japanese, introverts and high school

Introverts May Find Refuge in Online MBA Programs But some say that aspiring executives who are shy should push themselves to go to b-school in person. (U.S. News & World Report) Got an MFA? Teach High School Before you join a dismal system where you might teach an overloaded schedule on multiple campuses and still…
by Alex Friedrich

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Dayton appoints five new MnSCU trustees

Dayton appoints five new MnSCU trustees

This announcement just came in from the governor’s office. I’ve restructured it to get the most interesting stuff up top: Governor Dayton appoints members to MnSCU Board of Trustees Today, Governor Mark Dayton announced the appointment of five new members of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universites (MnSCU) Board of Trustees and the reappointment of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Truths, industry and for-profits

False Promises It has long been clear that an oily subgroup of for-profit schools were doing very well for themselves by recruiting students who had no real chance of graduating, pocketing their federal financial aid and leaving the students with valueless credentials — or none at all — and crippling debt. (The New York Times)…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Harkin for-profit report says about three MN colleges

I’ve chatted with Tom Crann on All Things Considered about Sen. Tom Harkin’s investigation into for-profit colleges and the three Minnesota schools that were in the report. Above is the first volume of the report, where you can see in detail what what’s said about each college. The Web page with links to all the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: DREAM, law schools and Khan Academy

Admissions 101: One dad’s promising college selection system Chris Katucki is a retired attorney who invented his own system for identifying hidden gem colleges. When his son Tommy was a high school junior, Katucki began experimenting with available undergraduate statistics and produced a clever formula for the kind of place we would want our children…
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Notes in the Margins: Paper mills, private loans and Penn St.

Better Disclosure for Private Loans At a minimum, Congress should revisit the bankruptcy law. It should also pass a pending bill sponsored by two Democratic senators, Richard Durbin of Illinois and Tom Harkin of Iowa, that would require colleges and lenders to thoroughly explain borrowing options to students. It would also prevent unnecessary borrowing by requiring…
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Al Franken, The Daily Circuit and the financial-aid shopping sheet

Here’s a lightly edited announcement from U.S. Senator Al Franken and colleagues on the universal financial aid form. (You can also hear this morning’s short Daily Circuit talk on the “shopping sheet” and college affordability.) Sens. Franken, Harkin, Grassley: Universal Financial Aid Form Needs to be Mandatory to Help Families Understand True Cost of College…
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