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Minnesota’s nonprofit private colleges fourth in graduation rates

Minnesota’s nonprofit private colleges have tied for fourth nationally in the percentage of students who complete school in four years, according to data published this month by the Minnesota Private College Council. The colleges had average four-year grad rates of 62 percent. (Note: Measured by another, probably more accurate way — not ranked by groupings Read more →
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Arrest made in University of Minnesota laptop robbery

Arrest made in University of Minnesota laptop robbery

A 20-year-old Crystal man has been arrested in connection with the Nov. 20 beating and robbery of a University of Minnesota foreign student. Myron Jovan Richardson-Rivers of Crystal is charged with aggravated robbery and receiving stolen property. According to the criminal complaint, the student — who was apparently from China — was walking home near Read more →
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What really caused MSU-Moorhead’s enrollment decline?

What really caused MSU-Moorhead’s enrollment decline?

Earlier this month, Minnesota State University – Moorhead President Edna Mora Szymanski told the Star Tribune that part of the campus’ enrollment decline — a factor in its $4.9 million budget deficit — was due to a tightening of admission standards:   The harsh truth, Szymanski said, is that for many years, about 15 to 20 Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Trump University, fixed tuition and the boycott of Israel

Fixed rates are latest in college tuition plans Many fixed-rate plans are coupled with a commitment to hold financial aid steady so students have a firm cost estimate, but they are not discounts. At Kansas, students starting as freshmen pay more than standard tuition in their first two years to offset lower rates in the last Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Part-timers, banking deals and China’s academic ambition

Part-time students least likely to graduate on time Students who pursue postsecondary degrees exclusively part-time are the least likely group to graduate within six years, according to a new study from the National Student Clearinghouse. (USA Today) Feds Push Financial Institutions To Disclose Arrangements With Colleges The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau urged a number of financial institutions Read more →
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Landmark 70s-era UMN-Duluth student housing to be demolished

Landmark 70s-era UMN-Duluth student housing to be demolished

The University of Minnesota – Duluth is set to demolish an iconic student residence complex next month. When the Stadium Apartments were built in 1972, they offered the first apartment-style student living in Duluth. University demolition project manager John Kessler says they remained popular years later with their two-story apartment layout, spiral staircases and views Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Campus police, exam-score privacy and law school enrollment

College Police Forces Increasingly Expand Reach The police officers who patrol America’s colleges are empowered these days to do far more than respond to campus emergencies. (Associated Press via Washington Monthly) California high court says state bar should release exam scores  California Supreme Court rules for affirmative-action researcher, saying public has ‘legitimate interest’ in admissions process. But Read more →
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How relevant will the U’s review of clinical research practices be?

How relevant will the U’s review of clinical research practices be?

Academic Matt Lamkin writes in the Star Tribune on behalf of about a dozen University of Minnesota scholarly alumni about concerns they have with a coming outside review of the U’s clinical research practices. In essence, they fear the review will never really get to the heart of what practices or policies may have caused Read more →
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