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UMN: VP for research Mulcahy retiring in December

I don’t usually cover VP appointments, but with research being such a heavyweight topic, I’m sharing what I got from the U: U of M Vice President for Research Tim Mulcahy to retire The University of Minnesota today announced that Vice President for Research Tim Mulcahy will retire in December 2012. President Eric Kaler has…
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Is it me, is it a scam, or this student-debt plea tacky?

Is it me, is it a scam, or this student-debt plea tacky?

Remember the story of Kelli Space, the recent college grad who set up a Web site where people could donate money to help her pay down her $200,000 in student loans? I just got this spam over the weekend. Its sender’s name is listed as Raquel Castillo-Hernandez, and she’s asking me to donate money so…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Adjuncts, law school admissions and community college cuts

Universities Turn to Outsourced Professors to Cut Costs Although colleges argue that outsourcing professors and academic programs are beneficial to both the students and the school, some worry this cost-saving measure can  taint a school’s reputation and take away from the students’ learning experience. (Fox News via University Business) Community colleges downsize programs Community colleges across the…
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MN legislation would let more students earn dual credit

MN legislation would let more students earn dual credit

I’ve been seeing several pieces of legislation going around that are trying to broaden the state Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program. One bill I’m focusing on is by a bipartisan group of state senators led by Republican Gen Olson of Minnetrista. She wants to open up the program to younger students, give them more college…
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What graduate assistants are facing this week

What graduate assistants are facing this week

“Things are extremely polarized in terms of union organizing. Any attempt is going to be very contentious.” — Hamline University employment-law professor David Larson to the Minnesota Daily on the national atmosphere around union organizing — just as the U’s graduate assistants vote this week on whether they’ll form a union. Read the full story…
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The hiring controversies of the UMN nursing dean

“We are both movers, and respect but do not let issues obstruct progress …” — University of Minnesota dean of nursing Connie Delaney in an e-mail, reported by the Star Tribune, to Julie Jacko, a former Georgia Tech professor whom Delaney helped recruit to Minnesota. Jacko has been indicted on charges of fraud. Now the…
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Notes in the Margins: Spring break, female rivalry and the green-card chant

Greedy Law Schools Taught Jobless Grads Too Well Greedy law schools may have taught their jobless graduates a little too well. Some disgruntled lawyers are suing their alma maters for exaggerating employment prospects. That seems fitting for a litigious lot with buyers’ remorse over a $120,000 education. The lousy job market isn’t the schools’ fault, but…
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OHE: Tuition now funds 59 percent of MN public colleges

OHE: Tuition now funds 59 percent of MN public colleges

Just got the state Office of Higher Education’s reaction to results from the report on higher-ed finance released today by the State Higher Education Executive Officers. The main message: Higher ed is relying increasingly on tuition for funding. Below is the OHE’s reaction. After that comes a full copy of the report. You can also…
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Should prison inmates have a shot at higher education?

Should prison inmates have a shot at higher education?

“I can understand the idea that people think it’s unfair for people in prison to get an education. It plays into the ‘either/or’ thinking about punishment: anything that is good for prisoners can’t be good for the rest of us. But that’s not true.” — Joshua Page, assistant professor of sociology at the University of…
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Notes in the Margins: Boomerang kids, MBAs and college assessment anxiety

Boomerang kids don’t mind their roommates — err, parents Over the last few years, 29-percent of those between the ages of 25 and 34 have at some point moved back in with their parents, often because of the economy, according to a Pew report released Thursday. The vast majority said they were satisfied with the set-up and…
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