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House DFL research brief on omnibus higher-education bill

Just got this in advance of the House floor debate/vote on the higher-education omnibus bill. It’s scheduled for 10 a.m., but word from the DFL Caucus is the floor will take an immediate recess and likely reconvene around 11 a.m.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Poor kids, debt risks and gaming the numbers

Admissions 101: Why smart, poor students are dumb Selective colleges get plenty of applications from the top-scoring children of affluent parents, including many in this region. What the colleges need, their admissions officers say, are more high-achieving, low-income applicants. Places such as Georgetown and Duke don’t like being called country clubs for the rich. They want…
by Alex Friedrich

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Macalester College student: We bunked it outside the office of the prez

Macalester College student: We bunked it outside the office of the prez

It’s Day 2 of the Macalester College student sit-in of the lobby of President Brian Rosenberg’s office — protesting the college’s refusal to cut ties with Wells Fargo Bank over its house-foreclosure record. I contacted student Alexander Bartiromo again, who told me by email: We did indeed stay overnight, and it was honestly very relaxed.…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU official: How diversity plays into workforce development

MnSCU official: How diversity plays into workforce development

Whitney Harris, executive director for diversity and equity for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system, told trustees of the value of having a diverse collection of instructors and staffers on MnSCU campuses: “There was a recent study by the (Association of American) Colleges and Universities, and it (stated) that 96 percent of those…
by Alex Friedrich

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Text: Address of Fairview exec to Senate higher ed committee

Text: Address of Fairview exec to Senate higher ed committee

I caught up with the speaker, Fairview VP Mark Hansberry, for just a minute as he was walking out the door. He wouldn’t elaborate on the timing of Fairview’s decision to end merger talks with the U — the fact that the decision was announced the same day as Sanford’s pullout. He just said that…
by Alex Friedrich

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Globe and MSB announce tuition-and-book cuts

Globe and MSB announce tuition-and-book cuts

In January, I reported how Rasmussen College made the unusual move of cutting tuition — by an average of 18 percent in Minnesota — amid a softening market for for-profit colleges. Only three other colleges in the state have announced similar moves in the past few years. Now Globe University / Minnesota School of Business…
by Alex Friedrich

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Walz and Ellison rejoin effort against doubling of Stafford Loan interest rates

Walz and Ellison rejoin effort against doubling of Stafford Loan interest rates

Democratic U.S. Representatives Tim Walz and Keith Ellison of Minnesota have signed on again to prevent the doubling of student-loan interest rates from 3.4 percent back to their original 6.8 percent for two years. Walz’s announcement is below, and Ellison’s interview with me last year on the subject is here.  You can read some of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Record stores, student chefs and Parent College

Famed New York College Will No Longer Be Free Cooper Union in New York City will begin charging undergraduate tuition for the first time in a century, the school’s Board of Trustees announced Tuesday. (The Huffington Post) Help on the road to higher education Parent College gives fathers and mothers an introduction to campus life so they…
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Video: The Google hangout that Sen. Bonoff held

Video: The Google hangout that Sen. Bonoff held

This is from yesterday’s Google Hangout on higher education and the Senate bill, hosted by Terri Bonoff (DFL-Minnetonka), who is the chairwoman of the Senate’s higher-education committee. I’m the MPR guy who couldn’t make it (baby issues), but above is the video of the chat. The quality of the streaming is iffy at times, but…
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Photos from the Macalester College bank protest

Photos from the Macalester College bank protest

Just a photo or two from today’s anti-Wells-Fargo rally today at Macalester College: Here are a couple of photos from the scene of the Mac student protest against Wells Fargo. Student Alexander Bartiromo says state Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Minneapolis), a Mac alumnus, addressed them in the photo above, and said the protest had about 90…
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