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Notes in the Margins: Sexism, racial separation and a student-employment guarantee

A Star Philosopher Falls, and a Debate Over Sexism Is Set Off The case of Colin McGinn, who agreed to leave the University of Miami after sexual harassment claims, has drawn scrutiny to a field that some say is rife with gender bias. (The New York Times) Universities warn national leaders against cutting funds Presidents and chancellors signed…
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Why some Minnesota colleges are projecting lower, stagnant enrollment

Why some Minnesota colleges are projecting lower, stagnant enrollment

Eric Berg, vice president for enrollment management at The College of St. Scholastica, tells the Duluth News Tribune why enrollment is flat or down at some northeastern Minnesota colleges: “There has been a longstanding belief that a recession is good for schools. When a recession hits, jobs go away, people go back to school. The…
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Dinkytown’s longstanding House of Hanson grocery store closing

Dinkytown’s longstanding House of Hanson grocery store closing

Laurel Bauer, owner of the Dinkytown institution House of Hanson — which has been in her family for more than 80 years — tells the Star Tribune how she’s reacting to the impending closure of the grocery store: “I cried my way to work this morning.” The store will be demolished, possibly this week, to…
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Notes in the Margins: Essay mills, intelligent design and the minimum wage

A Classic High Achiever, Minus Money for a College Consultant Travis Reginal and Justin Porter were friends back in Jackson, Miss. They attended William B. Murrah High School, which is 97 percent African-American and 67 percent low income. Murrah is no Ivy feeder. Low-income students rarely apply to the nation’s best colleges. But Mr. Porter just completed a…
by Alex Friedrich

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Board approval of Teach for America trainees was a tough fight

Board approval of Teach for America trainees was a tough fight

Crystal Brakke, executive director of Teach for America in the Twin Cities, tells MPR reporter Tim Post about this year’s crop of trainees: “I think this group is among the best prepared and strongest right out of the gate in terms of what I saw them doing with their kids over the summer.” The Minnesota…
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Smack-talking physicists will throw down tonight at the U

Smack-talking physicists will throw down tonight at the U

It can be tough to explain the latest physics research without inducing a catatonic state. But tonight, six scientists from around the U.S. will compete at the University of Minnesota’s Ridder Arena to see who can do it — and make it sheer entertainment. Their “Physics Slam on Ice” will tackle subjects such as nutrino…
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Notes in the Margins: Class, arts majors and the white student union

Arts majors jump ahead of tech grads in landing jobs Recent graduates with tech degrees face higher unemployment rates after the Great Recession. (USA Today) A college degree is not the path to the middle class Although the discussion of university attendance rates, when it occurs, is often framed in economic terms, it invokes a concept…
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Should colleges need to monitor athletes’ class attendance?

Should colleges need to monitor athletes’ class attendance?

Drexel University sport management professor Ellen J. Staurowsky tells MPR’s Daily Circuit  about one expense related to NCAA Division I athletics: “We have an academic support service area on campus. Part of the job of some of the employees in that area is [to act as] what are called class checkers, where they walk  around campus,…
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A reader counters: Learn from the burn

A reader counters: Learn from the burn

We know the stereotype of helicopter parents — those moms and dads who hover around their student children, making sure they succeed at everything, and removing any potential obstacles in their paths. In my reporting on what high-school students should watch out for when they take college classes, I heard concerns that many high-schoolers may…
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