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On Campus Blog

Off the higher-ed beat this week

Off the higher-ed beat this week

Just a note to say On Campus will be quiet this week due to other reporting duties. Editors have drafted me this week to cover general assignments and miscellaneous breaking news. I thought I’d have time to tend to the blog, but things have been hectic. I’ll be back to normal next week. Meanwhile, here’s…
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How the state will handle the UMN unionization complaint

The state Bureau of Mediation Services has announced (above) how it will handle some graduate-assistants’ complaint of unfair election practices against the University of Minnesota. The U’s summary: The procedure and timeline are as follows: The union will provide information and evidence regarding their charge by April 23 The University will provide a written response…
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Semifinalists for MN St. Community & Tech College prez

Here’s the latest in the presidential search for Minnesota State Community and Technical College. It has named three semifinalists, including a Riverland Community College administrator. The winner should be named May 16 and start July 1. Here’s the announcement: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) has named three semifinalists who are under consideration to be…
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UMN regents to review executive pay policies

UMN regents to review executive pay policies

You may remember reports of University of Minnesota Eric Kaler taking heat from legislators over former President Bob Bruininks’ executive pay packages for top U administrators. He promised them he’d look into the system that enabled that. Here’s an update that just came in: Board of Regents committee begins review of executive compensation and administrative…
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Notes in the Margins: College consultants, student ambassadors and getting hitched

Report: UC pepper spraying could have been prevented The report concludes that UC Davis police failed to use standard procedures in planning for the protest, and recommends a top-to-bottom overhaul of the entire UC police force. (San Francisco Chronicle via University Business) Applicants Should Trust College Student ‘Ambassadors’ Less, Experts Say Applicants may not realize how carefully…
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Notes in the Margins: Disclosure, hiding newspapers, and a free education

Apple, major publishers hit with federal antitrust lawsuit over e-book pricing According to the complaint, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, at least five publishers—Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, Penguin and Macmillan—conspired with Apple to fix prices for e-books ahead of the 2010 launch of the iPad tablet and iBookstore, forcing Amazon to raise prices…
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UMN graduate-assistant union group accuses U of unfair election practices

I’ve posted before about charges exchanged between the University of Minnesota administration and the group trying to form a graduate-assistant union — each claiming the other was acting unfairly during the unionization campaign. Now unionization supporters are claiming — as they did in January — that the U has been trying to silence talk of…
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How has life after graduation been?

Some MPR colleagues in the Public Insight Network are conducting a survey of college graduates of the Class of 2011: Class of 2011: What have you been up to since graduation? Maybe it’s a question you’re dreading — or one you’re eager to answer. Regardless of how it’s been, MPR News wants to hear your…
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Reader: Why I'm bagging chemistry for accounting

Reader: Why I'm bagging chemistry for accounting

Seems like some comments I posted by University of Minnesota chemistry professor Chris Cramer on the marketability of chemistry degrees touched a nerve with one reader, MSChemist: I have a Master of Science in Chemistry and have come to regret it intensely. Companies do not value chemists at all. The pharmaceuticals industry has been the…
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Notes in the Margins: Cash cows, admissions goofs and rethinking the biz major

The ‘Cash Cow’ of U.S. Universities: Professional Certificates Instead of Degrees Responding to demand from more and more students, universities are jumping into the business of providing professional certificates that were once the domain of community colleges and for-profit providers like the University of Phoenix. (Time via University Business) Nearly 900 wrongly told they’re admitted to…
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