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What issues UMN regent Laura Brod still has with the Dream Act

What issues UMN regent Laura Brod still has with the Dream Act

At the last University of Minnesota (UMN) Board of Regents meeting, I tweeted the concerns that regent Laura Brod expressed with the U’s move to give in-state tuition rates to unauthorized immigrant students who live in Minnesota. The state Legislature had set that tuition change in motion this spring when it passed the so-called “Minnesota…
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‘Robust’ cells draw bone marrow group to campus

‘Robust’ cells draw bone marrow group to campus

National account executive Nadya Dutchin of Be the Match tells MPR’s Lorna Benson why the bone marrow donor recruitment organization is targeting college students as potential contributors: “The cells that are coming from younger people are just much more robust. And they’re able to do a better job in the patient.” The Minneapolis nonprofit is…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Pepper spray, campaign contributions and Canada’s green campuses

For-profit colleges giving big to helpful House members House Education Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, who saw a dramatic upsurge in campaign contributions from for-profit colleges in recent months, is pushing legislation that would help the industry preserve its access to federal student loans. (USA Today) Rebooting online education The disappointing results from San Jose State’s experiment with…
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What some Minnesota university students say about the Senate interest-rate deal

What some Minnesota university students say about the Senate interest-rate deal

It’s about time we got a little student perspective on the Senate’s deal over Stafford loan interest rates, which could come to a vote as early as today. I just got this announcement from the Minnesota State University Student Association, a group representing students at Minnesota’s four-year state-run campuses. They don’t like the proposed legislation,…
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What’s happening to the Zipcars at the University of Minnesota?

What’s happening to the Zipcars at the University of Minnesota?

Those rent-by-the-hour Zipcars around the University of Minnesota will be going away,  soon to replaced by Hourcars, the Star Tribune reports. They’ve been around for six years, but the new car-sharing company apparently impressed U officials with better insurance and a simple pricing structure. Hourcar’s two-year contract starts Aug. 1, and students and staff with…
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Notes in the Margins: Lobbying, reading emails, and a decline in language studies

The Universities Are Major Lobbyists Now The incentive systems favor more university spending rather than cost reduction. (Minding the Campus) Let’s Shake Up the Social Sciences It is time to create new social science departments that reflect the breadth and complexity of the problems we face as well as the novelty of 21st-century science. (The New York…
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Why MOOCS don’t seem to impress the Winona State president

Why MOOCS don’t seem to impress the Winona State president

Winona State University President Scott Olson tells Tom Weber on today’s Daily Circuit why MOOCs may not be the ultimate free teaching tool: “For an 18-year-old, you can already get a phenomenal free education — absolutely free. You could have done it 50 years ago by going to your local public library and reading every…
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The tough choice MnSCU must make in rearranging its programs

The tough choice MnSCU must make in rearranging its programs

Winona State University President Scott Olson tells host Tom Weber on The Daily Circuit today that the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system will face a tough balancing act when it reconfigures its campuses and academic programs over the next few years: “From a metro perspective, it makes sense that more resources need to…
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How St. Thomas’ law school is faring in the enrollment decline

How St. Thomas’ law school is faring in the enrollment decline

The national law-school slump has hit the University of St. Thomas School of Law as it has many others, but Dean Rob Vischer says its endowment should keep it solid for years to come. The school was built for 150 students per class, he says, and has been a above or below that number through…
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