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November 8, 2013 3:06 AM

Daily Beast: St. Olaf among colleges with the lowest ROI

My editor, a St. Olaf College alumnus, is going to kill me for this. The Daily Beast has ranked the school #15 on its list of colleges with the worst return on investment – in other words, what you earn after graduation relative to what you’ve spent on a degree. Here are the stats presented: Read more →

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November 8, 2013 2:53 AM

Notes in the Margins: Mascots, ROTC and an EU ranking

EU-funded ranking sees 600 institutions involved The new EU-funded ranking system has secured involvement from around 600 institutions and will see users choose their own indicators. (Times Higher Education) Your Mascot Must Behave Like a Heterosexual Male (Anthropomorphized Fictional Bear) A Cornell student alleges that in tryouts for the school’s mascot, generally known as the Big Red Bear, Read more →

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November 7, 2013 10:27 AM

How much should female students be warned about binge drinking?

Slate contributor Emily Yoffe tells MPR’ Daily Circuit how she feels about the backlash she has received after she warned that female students increase their risk of sexual assault when they drink too much: “I remain baffled. My piece made very clear the people responsible for the crimes are the perpetrators, period. However … there Read more →

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November 7, 2013 6:34 AM

The highlight video that got Goldy Gopher into nationals again

It’s time for Goldy Gopher to prove his stuff. After winning the mascot championship this year — I covered his big win in 2011 — he’s gearing up for nationals again. Here’s his 2012-13 highlight video, which got him in with a 6th place berth.

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November 7, 2013 3:01 AM

Infographic: Sexual assaults on campus

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November 7, 2013 2:12 AM

Notes in the Margins: Math riches, essay creativity and the bargain-basement B.A.

Will Studying Math Make You Richer? A Fed study says yes. You should be smart enough to be skeptical—especially if you studied math. (The Atlantic) Sallie Mae Reduces Disclosure Of Controversial Funding Source Sallie Mae, the nation’s largest student loan company, quietly removed from its latest quarterly report any reference to a cheap government-backed credit line it’s Read more →

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November 6, 2013 5:33 AM

Which community college is on the radar of federal cyber security officials

Inver Hills Community College is one of a handful of schools hosting a series of cyber-security competitions, and I.T. professor Ben Franske tells the Pioneer Press why the Department of Homeland Security has recognized Inver Hills IT department as a center of excellence for cyber security training: Cyber security “has always been baked into the Read more →

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November 6, 2013 1:15 AM

Notes in the Margins: Mental health, schools for millionaires and the 4-year guarantee

New Front in Turkey’s Culture War: Mixed-Sex Student Houses In a speech to lawmakers, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that he had taken measures to ensure male and female university students could no longer live in mixed-sex accommodation of any form because it is against Turkish values. (The Wall Street Journal) World’s top 100 universities Read more →

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November 5, 2013 9:53 AM

The game the U hopes will attract students to public health

Louise Stenberg, who designs health education programs for the University of Minnesota‘s School of Public Health, tells MPR’s Lorna Benson why the new online game she helped create — Epidemic! — may lure students into public-health careers: “[An epidemic is] usually the time when public health does make the news and it’s usually the time Read more →

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November 5, 2013 8:54 AM

How will the U be able to raise the money it needs for athletics?

In a Twin Cities Business profile of University of Minnesota Athletic Director Norwood Teague, former Gopher sports radio color analyst Dave Mona captures both the huge challenge Teague faces as a fund-raiser — and the skills his team has that might pull it off: “They are going to have to identify people who they haven’t Read more →

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