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On Campus Blog

Why the monitoring of G.I. Bill money is decreasing

Why the monitoring of G.I. Bill money is decreasing

Supervisor Paula Plum of the Minnesota State Approving Agency tells the Star Tribune how federal officials have limited inspectors’ ability to scrutinize academic programs that serve veterans — and increased the chance for abuse: “We were going out to the schools every year reviewing records, making sure they were certifying correctly. If they weren’t, we had…
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Why On Campus looks different

Why On Campus looks different

You might have noticed in the past couple of days that the look of On Campus has changed. Nothing major here. I won’t bore you with the details, but essentially we’ve put MPR’s blogs onto the same “platform,” and made that more accessible to smartphones. The platform is based on WordPress — the same as…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Disgraced profs, tuition caps and the assessment of emotions

Sequester Leads to Creative Stopgap Measures The federal budget cuts known as sequestration are being felt across the country, with some programs coping, some struggling and others closing their doors. (The New York Times) The Whole Truth About Student Debt in 17 Charts College graduates are supposed to be our bright spot, but runaway college costs are…
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The Office of Higher Education’s report on MN for-profits

The state Office of Higher Education just sent this out a few minutes ago. It’s the results of the research I first mentioned last year in this news piece. I’ll post their announcement and then try to swing around and look at the report more deeply on Monday. The second paragraph seems interesting.   OFFICE…
by Alex Friedrich

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Pelowski: Business has nothing to teach higher-ed about pay

Pelowski: Business has nothing to teach higher-ed about pay

I asked Minnesota House higher-education committee Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) this week — as I did his Senate counterpart and another Senate higher-ed lawmaker — what he thought of the recent decision by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system trustees to eliminate executive bonuses. He hardly sounded impressed: “That will not stop us from…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why the student debt crisis may hit home for Rep. Ellison

Why the student debt crisis may hit home for Rep. Ellison

When Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison spoke to a group of University of Minnesota students yesterday, he compared his son’s situation with the one he faced when he got out of law school. Ellison said he himself bought his first home at 26. And his son? “He can’t — he lives at my home. (Laughter)…
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What Rep. Ellison says about solutions to a Stafford Loan rate hike

What Rep. Ellison says about solutions to a Stafford Loan rate hike

As I posted earlier, Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison has signed onto legislation again that would prevent the subsidized Stafford Loan interest rate from doubling July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, where it once used to be. The doubling was originally set to occur last year, but after a lot of election-year debate,…
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What Sen. Bonoff said about the MnSCU end to bonuses

What Sen. Bonoff said about the MnSCU end to bonuses

When I asked Sen. Jeremy Miller (R-Winona) earlier this week for his thoughts MnSCU trustees’ recent elimination of performance-based executive bonuses, I was surprised he called it a “positive move” — because he’s actually in favor of performance pay. Soon afterward, I asked Chairwoman Terri Bonoff (DFL-Minnetonka) for her thoughts. I got a similar reaction:…
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Notes in the Margins: Nonresidents, computerized grading, and the peril of MOOCs

Out-Of-State College Enrollment Crowds Out Poor And Minority Students The increase in the percentage of non-resident students enrolling at state flagship universities has “a significantly negative relationship” with the number of students from low-income and “underrepresented racial groups” enrolled, according to a recent report. (The Huffington Post) Contest the enclosure and commodification of the university Higher education…
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