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September 18, 2013 7:15 AM

Teach for America to create alternative training program with UMN

Despite protests from students, alumni and teachers — as well as Education Minnesota — it looks like the University of Minnesota is indeed planning to hook up with Teach for America. MPR’s Tim Post will have more details soon, but here’s the announcement from the U: To ensure Minnesota’s P-12 students have the best-prepared classroom Read more →

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September 18, 2013 3:44 AM

Neurologist: Kill’s seizures don’t just come from coaching stress

St. Cloud neurologist Dr. Kathleen Rieke tells MPR’s Daily Circuit that it’s “ridiculous” to blame University of Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill’s seizures solely on the stress of his job: “When it comes to seizures, certainly increased stress can be a trigger — particularly lack of sleep, poor diet, poor exercise associated with that Read more →

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September 18, 2013 3:13 AM

Why Minnesota should say no to MOOCs

Matthew Filner, head of the social science department at Metropolitan State University, cautions in MinnPost that Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might very well be far from free — at least under recently passed Minnesota legislation: The language defining “tuition-free” is telling. According to the bill, tuition-free means that “required fees and other required charges Read more →

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September 18, 2013 2:44 AM

Notes in the Margins: Sororities, sex columns and European universities

University of Alabama Moves to End Segregated Sorority System After more than a century of discrimination – and a week of bad publicity – the school will allow black women to join white sororities. (Time) Amid casual hookup culture, college revives sex column College journalism scholar Daniel Reimold estimates that nearly 10% of the 1,800 American college newspapers Read more →

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September 17, 2013 9:06 AM

UMN coach Jerry Kill: I’ve talked about my epilepsy enough already

University of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill told reporters today he’s not answering questions about his epilepsy. At his weekly noon press conference, he said he appreciated the public’s concern for him over the weekend. He suffered an epileptic seizure during Saturday’s game against Western Illinois. But he said the press conference — his Read more →

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September 17, 2013 8:45 AM

Contract for University of Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill

For those interested in how University of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill stands contractually (and financially) in light of the ruckus over his epilepsy, the agreement is above. U law professor Stephen Befort has told me that a buyout might be more of a disincentive than an ADA lawsuit for the U to get Read more →

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September 17, 2013 4:48 AM

Backlash over a columnist’s criticism of UMN coach Jerry Kill

Star Tribune apologizes for sports columnist Jim Souhan’s column.

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September 17, 2013 3:09 AM

Notes in the Margins: Salary expectations, Middle Eastern universities, and the college dinosaur

Google’s Boss and a Princeton Professor Agree: College Is a Dinosaur Colleges and universities are indecisive, slow-moving, and vulnerable to losing their best teachers to the Internet. (Bloomberg Businessweek) Middle Eastern academies gauge governance for first time A World Bank study weighs strengths and flaws of universities in wake of Arab Spring. (Times Higher Education) Should Read more →

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September 17, 2013 2:17 AM

How MnSCU chief Rosenstone has reacted to Metro State’s payroll snafu

This was forwarded to me. It appears MnSCU Chancellor Steven Rosenstone has called for an audit of Metropolitan State University’s payroll problems. His take so far: This appears to be an isolated problem. Other than the random errors that occasionally arise in processing the payroll for 18,000 faculty and staff across our colleges and universities, Read more →

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September 16, 2013 12:26 PM

Do Kill’s sideline seizures present the University of Minnesota with a dilemma?

University of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill was scheduled to be back at work today after suffering an epileptic seizure during Saturday’s game against Western Illinois. He returns with the full backing of Athletic Director Norwood Teague, who told reporters today he was “confident” in Kill’s ability to overcome his condition. “I see what Read more →

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