On Campus Blog

May 7, 2014 4:11 AM

The one annoying thing so far about my Red Wing campus visit

Seriously, how can I reasonably expect to shorten any reference to the Minnesota State College – Southeast Technical, Red Wing campus every time a write a blog post? No, I’m not going to write MSCST-RW. This will soon start to annoy me.

by Alex Friedrich

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May 7, 2014 4:02 AM

Why breakfast isn’t what it seems at Southeast Technical in Red Wing

After an hour’s drive, I’m “on campus” — which is essentially a large building, all self-contained — similar to what you’d find at St. Paul College and South Central College. Today that’s good, since bad weather is on the way. I head over to the dining area for breakfast. It’s pretty standard for a commuter Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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May 7, 2014 1:06 AM

The two-campus relationship at MN State College – Southeast Technical

I’ve traveled to technical colleges before, but Minnesota State College Southeast Technical in Red Wing presents some interesting background dynamics for today’s visit. Opened in 1972, it’s the last technical college campus built in Minnesota. Yet its 66-year-old sister campus in Winona — with whom it merged in 1992 — is among the state’s oldest Read more →

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May 5, 2014 10:06 AM

What the U says about the Senate’s bonding bill

Just got this reaction from the U to the Senate’s public-works funding bill: The following is a statement from University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler regarding the Minnesota Senate Capital Investment Committee’s bonding bill issued today: “I’d like to thank the Senate Capital Investment Committee and Chair LeRoy Stumpf for their funding proposal and continued Read more →

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May 5, 2014 5:20 AM

Notes in the Margins: Catholic colleges, black students, and study abroad

Why sexual assault cases on campus are often investigated by school, not police Many victims are not prepared to go through the entire legal process because it can laborious and often not successful in winning a conviction. Some who don’t want to go to the police still don’t want the person who assaulted them living Read more →

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May 2, 2014 10:26 AM

Klobuchar wants more money for campus sex-assault monitoring

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has called for an increase in the number of federal investigators who make sure colleges properly handle and report sexual assault cases on their campuses. The Minnesota Democrat has joined 11 other Senators in requesting millions of dollars to fund additional personnel. She and her colleagues say investigation into colleges’ alleged Read more →

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May 1, 2014 11:08 AM

Franken bill aims to help clarify college costs

For those following politics and the cost of college, here’s an announcement I just got about a proposed Net Price Calculator Improvement Act. (Here’s what MPR colleague Tim Post has written about Net Price Calculators.) The meat of the announcement is toward the bottom in bold: Sens. Franken, Grassley Introduce New Bipartisan Bill to Give Read more →

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May 1, 2014 3:21 AM

University of Minnesota’s reaction to students gathering over diversity

University of Minnesota spokesman Chuck Tombarge had this to say late yesterday afternoon about the dozen or so students who gathered in front of Morrill Hall to voice concerns over diversity at the U: Since late January, several members of the senior leadership team (from both the Office of Student Affairs and the Office for Read more →

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May 1, 2014 2:59 AM

Notes in the Margins: Shadow grades, cheated vets and library data

Incoming freshmen view ‘shadow grades’ as both a blessing and a curse The new policy seeks to shift students’ objectives away from “I want to get an A” toward “I want to expand my knowledge and learning.” (USA Today) Georgetown and other colleges woo admitted students, hoping to seal the deal Some schools, worried about filling seats Read more →

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April 30, 2014 4:30 AM

Group of U of M students demands more diversity

Update: I caught up with the group “Whose Diversity?” this morning after it protested in front of Morrill Hall, the U’s main administration building. About a dozen students attended, according to both an onlooker and the group’s spokeswoman, graduate student Joanna Núñez. She summed up the group’s main complaint — that diversity at the U Read more →

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