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Why more Minnesota veterans can get state GI Bill funding

Why more Minnesota veterans can get state GI Bill funding

Gov. Mark Dayton has noted that starting this month, Minnesota’s 6-year-old GI Bill (not the federal one) extends to any veteran (under the age of 62) who has served honorably in any military at any time. Before the change in law, only veterans who served after September 11, 2001 could get it. The benefit gives…
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Why do University of Minnesota athletes need their own academic center?

Why do University of Minnesota athletes need their own academic center?

Here’s what University of Minnesota Athletic Director Norwood Teague had to say on this morning’s Daily Circuit when host Tom Weber asked him why athletes needed their own (privately funded) academic center — and don’t just go to the library or some other place to study: “We demand a lot out of our student athletes,…
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Macalester College’s video explaining Campus Life

Macalester College’s video explaining Campus Life

Found a link to this on Twitter. In just the first minute or so, the video hits me with these expressions: “work collaboratively with faculty, staff and students to create the best possible student experience at Macalester.” “work to build relationships and develop community to maximize student learning beyond the classroom” “aims to enhance student…
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Notes in the Margins: Ruining humanities, UK expansion and LGBT evangelicals

Saving Liberal Education From ‘The Humanities’ A bit more should be said in the service of my conservative defense of liberal education, part of which is the defense of the humanities from self-destructive extremes of scientism and relativism. (Minding the Campus) Janet Napolitano picked to lead UC system Nomination of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, an outsider to academia,…
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The feeling you get when comparing info on college price and debt

The feeling you get when comparing info on college price and debt

You may not be feeling this way about all the student debt and tuition data floating around — as shown by posts such as this, this and this — but the average Minnesotan probably is. I’m hoping to talk next week with an analyst from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. Maybe she can help…
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MnSCU: Measured correctly, our grads have the least debt

MnSCU: Measured correctly, our grads have the least debt

The comment-area debate over this table of debt levels of students at Minnesota’s public and private colleges — put out by the Minnesota Private College Council — has drawn a response by the spokesman for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system. (You may remember that MnSCU itself stirred the pot a bit last…
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Bethel: Airing our grievances with the DoE this month

Two updates to the Bethel-University-v.-The-Feds story I covered last week: It sounds like Bethel will get a chance to air its grievances with the U.S. Dept. of Education later this month over the department’s financial-health test, and it should get some breathing room on a penalty it says it shouldn’t have to pay. In detail:…
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Hennepin Tech goes smoke-free

Hennepin Tech goes smoke-free

Hennepin Technical College President Cecilia Cervantes says in the Sun Current that both of the college’s campuses have gone smoke-free this month: “It’s important to note that we’re not asking campus users to quit using tobacco products but to refrain from using them while in campus buildings and on campus grounds. Hennepin Technical College’s tobacco-free…
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Notes in the Margins: Residencies, Obamacare and student-loan negotiations

Student loan deal gets hung up on cost A bipartisan group of senators was close to reaching an agreement Thursday on how to set federal student loan interest rates, but then they learned that their plan could cost the government $22 billion over the next decade. That restarted negotiations yet again. (The Washington Post) Target plans…
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How Gopher athletes have been doing in school

How Gopher athletes have been doing in school

As I mentioned in my last post, Athletic Director Norwood Teague told regents that athletes’ performance in the classroom is better than ever. Highlights: GPA. Students all 25 sports reported a GPA of 3.0 or above this past spring semester. APR. The U improved its showing in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate, which tracks eligibility…
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