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What is the new name of Northwestern College?

What is the new name of Northwestern College?

Northwestern College, a private Christian college in St. Paul — and whose students try to walk on water — announced today that it’s changing its name to University of Northwestern – St. Paul. It has apparently been operating as a university and offering some master’s degrees for a few years, and sees the change that…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Diversity, Japanese and disabled students

In California, Diversity in College Starts Earlier States that have outlawed affirmative action in college admissions, like California, are giving potential applicants a leg up for overcoming disadvantages. (The New York Times) Scholarships to Encourage More Japanese to Study Overseas A program aims to increase the number of students doing short-term courses as part of a broader attempt…
by Alex Friedrich

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So what’s up with the UMN-Rochester Raptor thing?

So what’s up with the UMN-Rochester Raptor thing?

So let me get this straight: The University of Minnesota – Rochester has no sports teams. But it does have a mascot. It’s a Raptor. But it doesn’t have a name. OK. (UMR officials say they’ve been going through a selection process — and will reveal a name May 14. I can only imagine what…
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My first images of the University of Minnesota – Rochester

My first images of the University of Minnesota – Rochester

So when I heard that the University of Minnesota – Rochester was located in a shopping mall, I had a hard time picturing something nice. I thought of some of those cheap strip-mall schools, or one of those thrown-together-looking offices you find in unconventional commercial space. It’s actually quite a nice setup. But it’s still…
by Alex Friedrich

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The University of Minnesota will likely ban smoking

The University of Minnesota will likely ban smoking

University of Minnesota student Justin LaMachia tells the Star Tribune what he thinks about a move to ban smoking at the school: “In some ways, that could be a good initiative. If I can’t smoke in school, if I can’t smoke here, here or here, I might as well just give it up.” The U…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why I’m spending the day in Rochester

Why I’m spending the day in Rochester

This month, the University of Minnesota – Rochester will graduate its first crop of students. I’m visiting the school to see how far it has come since its founding, and will post about that later in a story. But I hope to post on a few impressions I gather throughout the day, so stay tuned.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Sports, visas and the computerized ACT

Colleges In U.S. Offer Highest-Ever Discount to Entice Students Private nonprofit colleges are offering students tuition discounts of 45 percent, on average, in response to a changing financial environment that stems from the weak economic recovery. Price reductions, designed to boost attendance, were at an all-time high in 2012 and outpaced the rate during the recession. (BloombergBusinessweek)…
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The person who will serve as the University of Minnesota general counsel till 2015

The person who will serve as the University of Minnesota general counsel till 2015

  Here’s an email from University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler naming the deputy general counsel, Bill Donohue, to replace Mark Rotenberg as the U’s general counsel — essentially, its chief attorney. It sounds like an interim position of sorts. He’ll start serving later this month until the end of June 2015. At that point,…
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