Stay Curious. Stay Connected.
MailNewsletters♡Donate Now
Sign up
*
Password must be at least 8 characters and contain one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number and one symbol
Already have an account?
Sign in to your profile
Forgot Password?
New to MPR News?
Welcome back
to news
for you
Reset Password

Enter the username on file and we'll send you a code to reset your password.

Still require assistance or not sure what your User Name is?
Welcome back
to news
for you
Email Verification

A verification code has been emailed to

Still awaiting the code?

On Campus Blog

Notes in the Margins: Sterling, executives and adjunct professors

Business leaders unimpressed with college grads’ skills Annual survey shows execs don’t think the situation is improving. (The Hechinger Report) The Adjunct Revolt: How Poor Professors Are Fighting Back Can a budding labor movement improve the lives of non-tenured faculty—and, in the process, fix higher education? (The Atlantic via University Business) UCLA cancels $3-million research gift from Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

What some MN sex-assault prevention advocates say about college report

What some MN sex-assault prevention advocates say about college report

  With the release of the Obama administration’s report on how to better fight sexual assaults on college campuses, I called several sexual-assault prevention advocates in Minnesota for reaction. As you may know, the report offers a number of recommendations about how campuses can better work to prevent sexual assaults, investigate campus claims and make Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Faculty to MnSCU chancellor: Overhaul teams have too many admins

Looks like Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system faculty reps don’t agree with the first steps being taken toward implementing Charting the Future, the plan to overhaul how MnSCU operates. Got this just now — a letter today to Chancellor Steven Rosenstone: The Inter Faculty Organization (IFO) supports the broad contours of Charting the Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Notes in the Margins: Rape, college obsession and the confidence gap

Does it pay to obsess on where your kid goes to school? In light of what we know about educational achievement, their obsessive quests are almost entirely unnecessary.  And worse, their pursuits are undermining the broader aim of equity. (The Washington Post) Another Bank Leaves Student Loans Behind Why are so many banks exiting the student loan Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Notes in the Margins: Transfers, ed colleges and The Bard

Obama plans new regulation on colleges of education The Obama administration’s obsession with standardized test scores knows no bounds. The newest example: a plan to spend millions of dollars to reward those colleges of education whose graduates, among other things, are successful in raising their students’ standardized test scores. (The Washington Post) Small Colleges Get an Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Notes in the Margins: Legacies, last-dollar scholarships and the unionization vote

Northwestern University football players to vote today on union amid debate over labor rights The outcome of the secret-ballot vote among Northwestern’s football players will not be known for some time as the board considers a case with broad ramifications not only for intercollegiate athletics but also for how colleges operate. (The Washington Post) The Political Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Why MnSCU, MSU Mankato are calling for legislative audit of Hoffner case

Here’s the letter that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor Steven Rosenstone and Minnesota State University – Mankato President Richard Davenport sent to two legislators asking for a review of Mankato’s firing of football coach Todd Hoffner. The review would be conducted by the state Office of the Legislative Auditor and focus on Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Notes in the Margins: Diversity, lifelong learners and the first SAT

Here’s the very first SAT, from 1926. Can you pass it? Alas, the College Board couldn’t find the answer code. (The Washington Post) Public strongly backs affirmative action programs on campus Americans say by roughly two-to-one (63% to 30%) that affirmative action programs designed to increase the number of black and minority students on college campuses is a “good Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Notes in the Margins: Transfers, co-signers and aptitude testing

How much are college students learning? This failure to examine systematically what is, after all, the core mission of colleges is a big problem for U.S. higher education. We’re awash in efforts to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of our colleges. But without a better base of comparative evidence, we won’t really know how these reforms Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

CEO: The U needs to enforce a rigorous education

CEO Howard Root of Vascular Solutions writes in the Star Tribune how disappointed he was in many of the transcripts submitted by recent University of Minnesota graduates applying to his company’s MedDevice Associate program. Too many, Root writes, had courses that appeared to him to be easy A’s. And the “lack of substantive learning” among Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.