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Notes in the Margins: Foreign students, Four Loko and a push for the humanities

Florida University System Leaders OK Block-Tuition Option A state board gave universities the choice of offering a flat tuition rate or charging by the credit. (universitybusiness.com) URI bars alcohol-caffeine drink from campus The University of Rhode Island has become the latest college to ban Four Loko, a new drink that packs a powerful combination of…
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Bemidji prez gets full year's bonus despite mid-year retirement

The Bemidji Pioneer has criticized the hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses to top MnSCU officials, saying they’re just a way to dodge the freeze in their base pay. It brings up the curious case of Bemidji State University President Jon Quistgaard, who it says received a $15,000 bonus on top of his $291,191…
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Student: Can't even give Gophers tix away

The number of students in TCF Bank Stadium was low again Halloween weekend. It’s not surprising, given the current state of the team. In fact, it’s almost a rite of passage that students become more and more absent as the season goes on.This is precisely why it is baffling that student tickets require a student…
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A new loan option from the MN Office of Higher Ed

A new loan option from the MN Office of Higher Ed

The state Office of Higher Education has announced a new twist to its SELF Loan program. Instead of offering loans with a variable quarterly rate — currently at 3.85 percent — it’s now offering fixed-rate loans as well, which carry a rate of 7.25 percent. Traditionally, fixed-rate loans have provide stability in financial planning. The…
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Why more student loans = higher tuition

Former college administrator Peter Wood reveals in the Chronicle of Higher Education how raising tuition and fees had little connection to spending: …The goal was to set the new prices as high as the market would bear without drawing too much adverse attention. … Few if any colleges and universities were content to raise tuition…
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10 things graduate schools won't tell you

10 things graduate schools won't tell you

I was lucky (?) enough to enter grad school just as the economy was beginning to tank, so a few of these didn’t apply to me. But a number do — and will to a lot of new grads out there. Read on, and check out all the details in the full piece on The…
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Unions: MnSCU admin bonuses outrageous

“This is outrageous. It’s simply outrageous. It’s remarkable that anyone would tolerate this in these times.” — Eliote Seide of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees on the more than $370,000 in bonuses that the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system paid to college presidents even though budget cuts have forced…
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