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Notes in the Margins: Transparency, beer bongs, and Canadian internships

College Uses Test Data to Show Value Cash-Conscious Families Clamor for Numbers on How Much Students Learn (The Wall Street Journal) Drawing Boundaries Around Internships Student internships have come in for criticism in Canada, as elsewhere, over the past year, drawing fire for putting pressure on students to work long hours for little or no pay. (The New Read more →
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University of Minnesota campuses debate existence of funding imbalance

University of Minnesota campuses debate existence of funding imbalance

As the University of Minnesota – Duluth faces $12 million in budget cuts over the next five years, questions have been growing over how the University of Minnesota system distributes funding among its campuses. During a town forum by Gov. Mark Dayton in Duluth last month, several audience members told Dayton their campus wasn’t getting Read more →
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Minnesota college enrollment rate jumps

Significantly more Minnesotans who graduate high school are continuing on with some form of postsecondary education, according data released by the state Office of Higher Education. In its most recent Minnesota Measures report, 78 percent of the Class of 2011 enrolled in a college program within two years — a big jump from the 68 Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Frats, Googlizing applications, and crowdfunding research

Want to save America? Stop giving to Harvard, now If inequality is a problem, what justifies big tax subsidies for wealthy donors and their super-wealthy schools? (Bloomberg via Star Tribune) The Dark Power of Fraternities A yearlong investigation of Greek houses reveals their endemic, lurid, and sometimes tragic problems—and a sophisticated system for shifting the Read more →
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Century opens one of the few LGBTQ student centers on a 2-year campus

Century opens one of the few LGBTQ student centers on a 2-year campus

You may have seen several Minnesota colleges and universities make Campus Pride’s list of four-year campuses most friendly to LGBT students, but Century College in White Bear Lake has made its own mark as a two-year school. Late last month, it opened what it called the state’s first LGBTQ center on a community college campus. Read more →
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Notes in the Margin: Dead Poets, Obama’s ratings and the learning-disabled

Colleges Respond to Growing Ranks of Learning Disabled Some colleges and universities are focusing more attention on getting reluctant learning-disabled students to disclose their conditions before they run into severe problems in the classroom- and bring down those schools’ increasingly important graduation rates. (Washington Monthly) Dead Poets Society Is a Terrible Defense of the Humanities The beloved film’s Read more →
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State Grant bouncing back after years of decline

State Grant bouncing back after years of decline

After several years of stagnation and cuts, it appears the state’s main source of financial aid is on the rebound. The Minnesota Office of Higher Education estimates that college students next year should receive an average of $200  more in their State Grant awards, a 12 percent increase. That’s twice the 6 percent growth the Read more →
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How to scare humanities majors

How to scare humanities majors

Remember “Scared Straight,” that late-1970s documentary in which prison inmates warned juvenile delinquents against turning to a life of crime? Watch Buzzfeed’s take for the college crowd: “Scared Straight: Liberal Arts Edition.” You can guess what happens: Down-and-out college grads with arts and humanities degrees get in the faces of a crop of liberal-arts students, yelling Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Big Med, transportation and Canadian research

The Collapse of Big Law: A Cautionary Tale for Big Med Medicine lags behind the law by several decades, but it is now proceeding down the same path. Rankings are playing an increasing role in how medical schools and hospitals assess their performance. (The Atlantic) Occidental College bans investments in assault weapons companies In a move that Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Trapped interns, sidelined profs, and student debit cards

Professors, We Need You! Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors, but most of them just don’t matter in today’s great debates. (The New York Times) Making online teaching click Why a classroom veteran waited 17 years to join the digital pedagogues. (Times Higher Education) For Interns, All Read more →
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