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On Campus Blog

Why it's not over for Grandma & Grandpa

roblisameehan via Flickr Cough it up   A conversation is heating up on Facebook over reporter Tim Post’s story on how some students are relying on their grandparents to help pay for college. Most of the back-and-forth appears to be about whether today’s college students are working hard enough to pay for their own education. Are they…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

Goldy ain’t cool: Because the Gopher is not on this list of 12 coolest college football mascots. But a tiger is? And a bulldog? And a Spartan? Zzzzzzz. Now that’s a project: Listen to this audio about Century College Student Andy Richardson, who built a solar air furnace for his garage.  It’s all about money: In…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why one author has had it with rankings

Kit from Pittsburgh, USA via Wikimedia Commons Success at this has little to do with rankings Tired of college rankings? Zac Bissonnette sure is. The author of Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching Off My Parents — called by a Washington Post writer the best and most…
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How to curb student drinking

DRust via Flickr No change in social norms here   In light of the new fall semester, on today’s Morning Edition, Phil Picardi interviewed Toben Nelson, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health on what colleges can do to curb student drinking.  Nelson’s work was the subject of a piece last…
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NPR: What the Beloit Mindset really tells us

NPR: What the Beloit Mindset really tells us

  ProfessorMortis via Flickr Let’s rethink this Linda Holmes writes on NPR’s Monkey See blog that the Beloit College Mindset List says more about the mindset of the authors than it does about each year’s crop of freshmen. (In this year’s list, the authors say students see Clint Eastwood as a director of thoughtful movies — not…
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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

Foreign students coming back: China has helped push international student applications to U.S. graduate schools past their 2003 level, which was the point before 9/11-related visa restrictions drove them down. American grad schools, however, continue to send fewer offers of admission to two of the largest producers of such students, India and South Korea. The…
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Business: A solution to the remedial mess

Business: A solution to the remedial mess

noaidstaskforce via Flickr TFA: A way to curb the need for remedial work? The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s Bill Blazar writes on the LearnmoreMN blog that the state is putting too much into remedial education in college, and calls for change in the K-12 system. He advocates alternative teacher licensure as a way to get professionals more…
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When to show up for class

When to show up for class

Lorianne DiSabato via Flickr They’re waiting for you Party while you can, students. On Monday it’s time to get serious. That’s when a slew of colleges and universities around the state will start their fall terms. Carleton students, however, still have a little time to hang out. They won’t roll in till Sept. 13. Here’s a First Day…
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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

What college is all about: A list of colleges with the highest-earning graduates. No, it has no Minnesota campuses. And no, it’s not really what college is all about. Tommie graduation = spring on campus: Now that construction work at the Univ. of St. Thomas is complete, graduation will be back on campus this year —…
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St. Cloud State may end football program

Sorry, football fans. Hockey’s where it’s at, according to MPR’s Tim Post. St. Cloud state may be cutting its football team, because it can’t survive on its own. Hockey, however, can pull its own weight. And in these belt-tightening times, SCSU president Earl Potter sees things practically: “I cannot lay off tenured faculty and leave sports untouched.” Potter…
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