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Farmer leaves $12.3 million to UMN agricultural school

Farmer leaves $12.3 million to UMN agricultural school

Another big sum for the U. Here’s its press release: University of Minnesota receives $12.3 million from the estate of South Dakota farmer Millicent Atkins The University of Minnesota will receive more than $12 million from the estate of Millicent Atkins, a successful farmer and businesswoman who owned prime farm land near Aberdeen, S.D. The…
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Did the University of Minnesota lay off employees in a dignified manner?

Did the University of Minnesota lay off employees in a dignified manner?

Yesterday’s public forum on the University of Minnesota‘s budget for next year brought out critics of all types, just as last year’s did. Much of what they brought up — concerns over issues such as cuts, financial aid, the cost of college and health-care premiums — is standard stuff but always worth noting. The address…
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Notes in the Margins: Native Americans, internships and the fear of missing out

College Fund Tinkers With Its Slogan to Stress Investing in Students The United Negro College Fund is introducing a campaign with the tagline, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste but a wonderful thing to invest in.” (The New York Times) Job prospects make college loans worthwhile, study says While more California college students are taking…
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What people told University of Minnesota officials about the budget for next year

What people told University of Minnesota officials about the budget for next year

Here are some highlights from the University of Minnesota regents’ meeting and public forum on next year’s budget. It attracted almost two dozen speakers from the U community. Kaler got kudos for getting the legislature to fund a two-year tuition freeze as well as its big MnDRIVE research initiative. Regents seemed fairly pleased with the…
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Why a UMN alumnus called this year’s aid distribution a travesty

Why a UMN alumnus called this year’s aid distribution a travesty

The public forum will begin at 12:30. Already a regent or two has mentioned potential concern over the level of need-based aid. Here’s a copy of a letter I received today, one sent by U alumnus Andy Howe to the Board of Regents about the budget and how it divvies up financial aid — something…
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Next year’s budget report for the University of Minnesota

Here’s the docket item containing the FY14 budget report. The report itself begins on p. 5. President Eric Kaler will lay it out at 11 a.m. at a meeting of the Board of Regents, which will ask questions. A one-hour public forum will start at 12:30, though the list of people who can speak to…
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Notes in the Margins: Evaluations, unpaid internships and how Coursera jumped the shark

Coursera Jumps the Shark It’s all over. Coursera did a weird strategy about-face by announcing that, rather than competing with public colleges, it’s going to start competing with Blackboard instead. (Higher Education Strategy Associates) Academy of Arts and Sciences Defends Its Leader’s Honesty The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has defended its president, Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, who is…
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Other items in this next year’s University of Minnesota budget

Other items in this next year’s University of Minnesota budget

Here a few more tidbits from the report on the University of Minnesota‘s operating budget for next year: Cost reductions. Before the legislature would grant the U full funding, it required in its higher-ed bill that the U come up with a list of $15 million in administrative savings. The report states U is cutting…
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Who is getting more of a financial aid boost out of next year’s University of Minnesota budget?

Who is getting more of a financial aid boost out of next year’s University of Minnesota budget?

The last post looked at some tuition-and-fee highlights of the upcoming FY2014 budget. But what about financial aid? The document shows an interesting split: merit-based aid gets a $2.9 million boost, while the Promise Scholarship, the U’s institutional need-based aid program, gets nothing. More specifically, the merit aid boost includes $2 million for merit-based recruitment…
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