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September 5, 2013 3:23 AM

Notes in the Margins: Rich kids, recruiters and unpaid interns

Why Students (and Obama) Should STFU Already About College Costs Obama’s touting more free money, reports are pouring in that tuition fees are rising—but college is still well within reach for most of us, and the wage premium remains huge. (The Daily Beast via NAICU) Unpaid interns strike back The Fair Pay Campaign is lobbying for legislation that Read more →

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September 4, 2013 11:09 AM

UMN considers merging colleges of ag and biological sciences

This in from the U: U of M to explore potential new college to combine agriculture, life sciences and environment Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Karen Hanson announced Wednesday that she will appoint a task force to examine the potential creation of a new college for the U of M Twin Cities. Read more →

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September 4, 2013 10:06 AM

State legislators hitting campuses this month

Ten Minnesota lawmakers will hold listening sessions throughout the state this month on how to improve college in Minnesota. Senate Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Terri Bonoff (DFL-Minnetonka), along with her House counterpart, Rep. Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona), will lead the group’s free, public “listening events” on almost 20 campuses throughout the state. Bonoff said in a Read more →

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September 4, 2013 7:51 AM

The difficult life of new college graduates

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September 4, 2013 3:23 AM

Should parents simply invest their children’s college money?

Barry Dahl, senior community manager at Desire2Learn and former VP of technology at Lake Superior College, wonders whether it would make more sense for parents to skip paying for college and instead invest the money into their child’s retirement fund. Children of parents who invested $40,000, he writes, would find upon retirement that they had $700,000 Read more →

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September 4, 2013 2:23 AM

Notes in the Margins: Falling enrollment, drinking games and purposeless universities

Census: College enrollment fell sharply in 2012 After five years of gains, undergraduate college enrollment fell nearly 3 percent in fall 2012, according to a new U.S. Census report that sheds fresh light on the recruiting challenge facing many colleges and universities. (The Washington Post) Penn State Scandal Prompts Major Rewrite Of Polices At Colleges Nationwide As Read more →

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September 3, 2013 9:20 AM

Minnesota attorney general seeking info from Corinthian Colleges

Looks like Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is looking into the activities of Corinthian Colleges, a publicly owned, for-profit education chain based in Santa Ana, Calif. From Corinthian’s most recent 10-K report: On July 8, 2013, the Company received a civil investigative demand from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office (the “MN AG”) seeking information on Read more →

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September 3, 2013 7:20 AM

Video: How physicists competed in their physics slam

For those who couldn’t make last month’s “Physics Slam on Ice” at the University of Minnesota, here’s a video of the show. It’s no circus, but it’s not all equations, charts and graphs, either. It has a little Homer Simpson, a little Sound of Music — and even an evil penguin conspiracy. (Vladimir Savinov of Read more →

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September 3, 2013 3:26 AM

How Concordia University is faring after slashing tuition by a third

Kristin Vogel, director of undergraduate admission for Concordia University in St. Paul, tells the Star Tribune the university’s decision last year to cut tuition by $10,000 has turned out to be a good one. She says the number of new students has increased 65 percent, and the school benefitted financially. “This was the right move for a Read more →

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September 3, 2013 2:58 AM

Notes in the Margins: Gainful employment, community-college rankings and the modern university

Feds resume effort to regulate for-profit colleges on their ‘gainful employment’ record The Obama administration resumed a controversial effort Friday to regulate for-profit colleges and certain others that offer career-training programs to help graduates obtain “gainful employment.” (The Washington Post) U.S. News Data: Online Education Isn’t Always Cheap Investment in technology and faculty training can make online ed Read more →

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