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U ends investigation of protesters

Now that the U has quietly dropped an investigation into some student protesters, one of them — grad student Rahsaan Mahadeo — tells the Star Tribune what he thinks of the faculty letter-writing campaign that supported them:  “It was a powerful statement. We do feel like they made a really significant impact.” Read the full…
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Prison, rape, and summer courses

Prison Program Turns Inmates Into Intellectuals The more urgent and compelling question now is whether and how quickly they find work worthy of their achievements. (The New York Times) Just as it wants students to speed up, government won’t pay for summer courses Tuition spikes slow congressional support for restoring summer Pell grants. (Time/The Hechinger Report) Brown…
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Carlson grad: Look at biz differently

Carlson grad: Look at biz differently

Here’s what recent Carlson School of Management graduate Austin Hermann told fellow graduates — and The Huffington Post — about “realizing purpose” in business: When you look at business as a way of serving, and giving, and putting others first, it becomes such a gift to the world. Fundamentally, business is people helping people. Business…
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Oil, debt and transfers

Oil boom sends gusher of cash to Texas universities Over the past five years, two university systems have seen their endowments grow by around 70 percent as oil revenue floods in at the rate of almost $1 billion a year. At a time most state universities are fighting just to maintain programs, UT and A&M…
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Hamline to demolish presidential White House

Hamline to demolish presidential White House

Judy White, a former National Trust for Historic Preservation staffer — and daughter of former Hamline University president Paul Giddens — gives the Pioneer Press her thoughts on Hamline’s decision to raze the old presidential residence on campus,  where she lived for 18 years: “Just from my perspective, it’s a very disappointing outcome. I’m a…
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Adjuncts, deregulation and overseas academics

How much will Obama’s college rating system cost? A lot. While the pros and cons of the initiative are debated, one question that never seems to be asked is how much the enterprise is going to cost to develop and implement. Millions, apparently. (The Wall Street Journal) Disquiet over rise in proportion of overseas academics Some young…
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Banks, Harvard law grads and NSA-proof email

Actress to Harvard law grads: ‘I’m afraid a couple of you probably are evil. That’s just the odds.’ Here’s another in a series of interesting/amusing/surprising commencement speeches that have been given in the 2014 graduation season. (The Washington Post) Harvard and MIT students create NSA-proof e-mail service While students do express concern over their privacy, many are…
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Illegal frats, career centers, and a tuition lawsuit

U of Buffalo investigation reveals the dangers of illegal fraternities A student journalist has spent the past seven months examining a set of student groups at University of Buffalo that regularly deal drugs, haze pledges and party hard. They also technically “do not exist.” (USA Today) Cooper Union administrators hit with suit for instituting tuition Cooper Union alumni have slapped…
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MCTC president leaving for job at system office

MCTC president leaving for job at system office

Phil Davis, the longtime president of Minneapolis Community and Technical College, is leaving this summer to lead efficiency efforts at the state’s system of public colleges and universities. He will become an associate vice chancellor and direct the system’s Campus Service Cooperative, an initiative designed to streamline its business practices. Davis, who has served for…
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