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What some U regents said about executive compensation

I’ve been at the second of three meetings of the University of Minnesota‘s Board of Regents’ special committee on executive compensation and administrative transitional leaves. They’re reviewing the U’s policy on the subject, and how it compares to peer universities’. It comes after an uproar over news that former President Robert Bruininks’ paid out $2.8…
by Alex Friedrich

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Should college students break up with their parents?

Snow-plow parents: Those who clear every obstacle out of the way of their children. Road-grader parents: Those who smooth out the bumps in life for their kids. Yet two more terms I’ve heard, thanks to this morning’s discussion of helicopter parents on MPR’s The Daily Circuit. Below is the program’s live-blog session, which focuses on…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Dogs, CEOs and Big Brother

Is your university monitoring your social networks? Social networking not only leaves academics at the mercy of unfair comments but it’s also turning universities into Big Brother, says one academic anonymously. (The Guardian) Friday Night Lights Author Calls For A Ban On College Football The Pulitzer-prize winning author’s argument comes as colleges and universities around the country see…
by Alex Friedrich

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St. Thomas president Dease retiring June 2013

St. Thomas president Dease retiring June 2013

University of St. Thomas officials said last year that they would consider a layman to be president. Looks like it was a prelude to this announcement today in the university’s Bulletin: Father Dennis Dease, president of the University of St. Thomas since 1991, announced today that he will retire on June 30, 2013, upon the…
by Alex Friedrich

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MN employers: Students need common sense, work ethic

Finding people who want to work and not just collect a paycheck is next to impossible. The skill most lacking is a work ethic. Not to mention, it is nigh on impossible to find a creative mind in today’s work place. -Mark Hayes, head of Research and Development for a small company We just recently…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Lawyers, janitors and accountability

Prestigious law school reduces admissions, marks new trend Given the depressed state of law school applications, few seem eager to criticize Hastings’ decision to admit fewer students. (USA Today) Custodian Graduates From Columbia After Working Way Through School Now, 20 years after leaving the former Yugoslavia for America without speaking a word of English, Gac Filipaj has earned…
by Alex Friedrich

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Wednesday 10:20: Live blog on the future of online ed

Wednesday 10:20: Live blog on the future of online ed

At 10:20 tomorrow, here on On Campus I’ll be live-blogging the discussion that MPR’s The Daily Circuit is having with both a professor and an entrepreneur on the future of online education — and online universities, to be exact. Are they the future? Or, as The Daily Circuit puts it more compellingly: How will online…
by Alex Friedrich

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What a Metropolitan State prof told a MnSCU listening session

What a Metropolitan State prof told a MnSCU listening session

Last week MPR aired my radio story on the statewide survey by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system. It wants to see what job skills employers want to see in job candidates and how it can work (or “collaborate” as the new buzzword goes) with employers. Metropolitan State University sociology professor Monte Bute…
by Alex Friedrich

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