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On Campus Blog

Notes in the Margins: China, Republicans and the prestige chase

Exodus to overseas universities rises Applicants for overseas universities continued to rise in Shanghai last year, due to locals’ desire for an international education and lower cost brought by the yuan’s appreciation. (People’s Daily via NAICU) Opinion: Why my Facebook is better than your Facebook Being yourself is quite important in the social networking sphere and it turns out it can also be quite beneficial in terms of prospective employment. At least that’s the idea behind a new study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology from the…
by Alex Friedrich

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UMN prof says stem-cell firm is pressuring U over letter to FDA

UMN prof says stem-cell firm is pressuring U over letter to FDA

“…I am hopeful that the (university) will see my letter to the FDA as a legitimate effort to request an FDA investigation of Celltex and RNL Bio. It appears that Celltex has no regard for freedom of speech, academic freedom, or the legitimate concerns I identify in my letter to the FDA. I see nothing…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why a MN state rep says his textbook legislation is needed

State Rep. King Banaian (R-St. Cloud) tells the Minnesota Daily that textbook publishers are required to release custom-text information and pricing info to faculty, but no one says how that’s supposed to get into the hands of students: “What my bill does is try to provide this information that already exists … and get it…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Debt, academese, and the hypocrisy of Thiel

It takes all sorts One explanation for the media attacks on higher education is that there is still a view in some parts of society that individuals have a defined and pre-determined place in the hierarchy. It appears some think that certain individuals should not be doing degrees at all and certainly not in particular subjects.…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Gov. Dayton recently told UMN regent Sviggum

“I think he’s got to make a decision between one and the other. I told him I have great respect for his years of service and we always gotten along very well and my advice as a friend is that this was an embarrassment to him and to the university and he needed to resolve…
by Alex Friedrich

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Sviggum to step down from U regents post

Steve Sviggum says he will resign from the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents. The board met today (THURSDAY) to vote on a resolution asking Sviggum to either resign his position on the board, or to leave his position as spokesperson of the state Senate Republican caucus. Sviggum was emotional, often choking back tears, as…
by Bill Wareham

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Notes in the Margins: Public syllabi, social media and Advanced Placement

Why do administrators want to cut some college costs and not others? Let the people most affected by the cost savings decide where to spend the additional revenue themselves. (More or Less Bunk) Business leaders mixed about hiring graduates from for-profit schools Business leaders are often divided, with some firm believers that some for-profit schools provide fully trained…
by Alex Friedrich

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How former U president Bruininks replied to an invitation to talk

How former U president Bruininks replied to an invitation to talk

Just letting you know what former University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks told Jayne Solinger, producer for MPR’s All Things Considered, when she invited him to come onto the show. She wanted him to talk about the controversial separation/transition packages he granted 10 top administrators when they left their jobs. Here’s his reply:   From:…
by Alex Friedrich

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