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On Campus Blog

Notes in the Margins: Sorority racism, aid for the wealthy, and the United Arab Emirates

Public Universities Ramp Up Aid For The Wealthy, Leaving The Poor Behind But many public universities, faced with their own financial shortfalls, are increasingly leaving low-income students behind — including high achievers. (The Huffington Post) Today’s typical college students often juggle work, children and bills with coursework When President Obama talks about the cost of higher education, Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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University of Minnesota to trim admin costs by $15 million a year

University of Minnesota to trim admin costs by $15 million a year

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler wants to cut $90 million in administrative costs over the next six years. He told the Board of Regents today he wants to cut $15 million a year, starting this year. He wants to use the money for both non-administrative activities — such as teaching and research — and to Read more →
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How much of the University of Minnesota is taken up by classrooms?

How much of the University of Minnesota is taken up by classrooms?

University of Minnesota regent Clyde Allen has been discussing the U’s use of space at today’s Board of Regents meeting. If I’ve heard clearly, he said 27 percent of facilities are offices, and another U official said about 18 percent goes to research. Allen said only 4 percent goes to classrooms. He quipped: “I see Read more →
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How upset are Metro State faculty over this summer’s payroll glitch?

How upset are Metro State faculty over this summer’s payroll glitch?

Update: This afternoon, I received this from Metropolitan State Inter Faculty Organization Council: “Today, the St. Paul Pioneer Press published a story by Frederick Melo reporting that the Metropolitan State Inter Faculty Organization (IFO) Council is considering a vote of no confidence in President Sue Hammersmith. This claim is incorrect. … (No) motion concerning a Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Gainful employment, free speech and a comparison of two rankings systems

Obama’s rankings won’t solve crisis in US academy More government cash is the only way to cut student costs. (Times Higher Education) E-learning works for complex subjects and problem-solving A randomized, controlled trial just published in the open access journal PLOS ONE compared two methods of e-learning to one face to face classroom group, and online learning came Read more →
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Why many Inver Hills students haven’t received textbooks this term

Why many Inver Hills students haven’t received textbooks this term

Glitches in Inver Hills Community College‘s move to online-only textbook sales left many students without books for the first two weeks of the semester, faculty and students say — and some students still don’t have all their materials. Faculty have had to push back assignments and scale back on lab activities because students haven’t had Read more →
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The misery of the Ph.D job market

The misery of the Ph.D job market

Ph.D holder J.D.J. Plocher, an alumnus of Macalester College and the University of Minnesota, blogs about how the misery of a failed job search may have forced him to give up his dream of becoming a music academic: “…I told myself that I was worthless, that I’d thrown away seven years of my life chasing Read more →
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What the Tommies’ prez thinks about being inclusive of gays and lesbians

What the Tommies’ prez thinks about being inclusive of gays and lesbians

Catholic Education Daily writes that University of St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan received a burst of applause when she said this during her recent convocation speech: “Our Catholic identity and mission call us to recognize and respect the dignity of every human person as a child of God and as created in God’s image. Thus, Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Handguns, commercial training and severed ties with the state

U-Va. should break some ties with state, panel says in preliminary report A University of Virginia panel has proposed that the institution break many of its ties with the state government and operate more like a private school.Such an arrangement would allow Virginia’s flagship public school the freedom to more easily increase tuition and accept more Read more →
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