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Hear about the dark side of medicine

Hear about the dark side of medicine

  Just recently, the University of Minnesota approved a new conflict-of-interest ethics policy for its medical program, which has generated a certain amount of criticism. Perhaps with that in mind, listen to MPR’s Midmorning program, which discusses the increasingly market-driven nature of pharmaceutical research. Two bioethicists discuss how such commercialization raises questions about the quality of the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: crime, tuition, Winona, entrepreneurs, e-books

Big changes happening on Winona State’s campus Students heading to Winona State University this fall will notice two big additions to the campus: the new residence halls and wellness complex. (kbt.com) Did you struggle in school? Maybe you’re an entrepreneur A Cameron Herold video suggests: Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs (centurycollegemarketing.com) A crisis of…
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Former U-Minnesota president gets his own housing manager

In a follow-up to former University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof’s $700,000 housing min-scandal at the University of California, the UC system has gone so far as to appoint an official to manage Yudof’s new private residence. “Here you literally have wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars that could have gone into student scholarships, reduction…
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Who's studying for free in the Middle East

And you thought that semester in Spain was a big adventure. Four Minnesota freshmen will soon be taking off for four years at New York University’s new, high-profile campus in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The four — Nolan Funk of St. Cloud, Charlotte Wang of Plymouth, Amelia Kahn of Minneapolis and Eric Johnson…
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Notes in the Margins: Profs' phones, campus conservatives, food waste

Profs get smartphones, so students can call them As a professor, how do you get dropout-prone college students to stay in school? Give them your cellphone number. How do you get professors to promptly field text messages, calls and e-mails from students? A Georgia college says buy them smartphones and pay for the service plan.…
by Alex Friedrich

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What athletic chiefs cost MnSCU universities

Following news of how budget problems may force St. Cloud State to cut football — and possibly athletics administrators — the St. Cloud Times has dug up information on what it pays its chiefs in sports administration. Here it lays out a comparison of the salaries of the university’s six athletic directors with the salaries of coaches at other Minnesota State College…
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Why the University of Minn. wants to renovate Northrop

Why the University of Minn. wants to renovate Northrop

AlexiusHoratius via Wikimedia Commons It’s not the outside that’s the problem If you didn’t catch Tim Post’s MPR piece on the planned renovation of Northrop, here’s a link to the Web story and the audio. It’s a huge undertaking — $80 million — especially considering the U’s budget problems. The planned change is dramatic, the way Post…
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Minn. firm that lost data now handling California student loans

Minn. firm that lost data now handling California student loans

rpongsaj via Flickr It’s safe with us   If you’ve read the news about the Oakdale firm that’s now handling California student loan accounts, the name of the company — Educational Credit Management Corporation — might sound familiar. That’s because it made the news in March after someone stole personal data — including Social Security numbers…
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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

Paying to snag an internship: Students find they’re having to pay companies thousands of dollars to get hooked up with an internship and housing for the summer. Biz school offers free e-books: Virginia State University is giving free e-textbooks to students in its business school for eight core courses. Credit card firms cautious: The recent federal reform bans…
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