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November 20, 2013 2:38 AM

Notes in the Margins: Personal IPOs, free education and the PSAT

The IPO of You and Me: How Normal People Are Becoming Corporations It’s an alternative to student debt. But services like Upstart and Pave thrive in desperate times. In a healthy economy, it’s hard to imagine Ivy League graduates chaining themselves to wealthy patrons via high-tech income-sharing arrangements. (New York) Should We Just Start Over on Federal Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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November 19, 2013 8:12 AM

'Selfie' crowned word of the year for 2013

Michelle Obama shared one with her "first dog" Bo, Hillary Clinton tweeted one with her daughter Chelsea. Now "selfie" -- the smartphone self-portrait -- has been declared word of the year for 2013 by Britain's Oxford University Press.

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November 19, 2013 2:56 AM

Notes in the Margins: Federal profits, loan data and a takeover of schools

Colleges could take over schools in N.Y. city Plan is effort to save some of city’s most struggling schools. (USA Today) Student Loan Data Gap Hinders Government Understanding Of Risks To Economy For example, officials are unable to determine the number of borrowers delinquent on their obligations, or the share of distressed borrowers in repayment plans Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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November 18, 2013 2:30 PM

Twin Ports colleges, businesses team up on research

Business groups and Duluth-area colleges are teaming up on research, including new consumer and business confidence surveys, to help spur economic growth in the region.

by Dan Kraker

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November 18, 2013 8:54 AM

Bethel U continues financial dispute, tells feds this year was healthy, too

Bethel University will send the Department of Education the results of its FY 2013 audit this week, which campus officials say shows the university is financially healthy. The university has been in a battle with the feds over the results of a national college financial-health test, which the government says Bethel flunked. But campus officials Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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November 18, 2013 3:00 AM

How beneficial is the modernization of Dinkytown?

Former Dinkytown property owner Jeffrey Meyers tells the Star Tribune that Dinkytown — the urban neighborhood next to the U – has lost its flavor and could be re-energized by developers: “A lot of (family businesses) have been gone for a long time — including my father’s. “I don’t think there’s any charm. . Dinkytown needs Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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November 18, 2013 1:48 AM

Notes in the Margins: Gilded retirements, industry partnerships and a math lawsuit

Out-Of-State Colleges Want California Students As Pool Of Applicants Shrinks The Regional Admission Counselors of California represents recruiters who live in California but work for universities in other states. Membership has grown from about 25 members 10 years ago to roughly 80 now. (The Huffington Post) A gilded goodbye for many private college leaders Presidents’ retirement pay and Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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November 15, 2013 10:03 AM

Keep this man out of your college’s dining hall

It’s hard to watch this. Former Rochester Community and Technical College student Eric Dahl is the collegiate competitive-eating champion and says in USA Today what often goes through his mind when he’s mid-binge: “Say you’re taking part in a 10-minute contest and five minutes in your stomach starts to say, ‘Hey, what are you doing? Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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November 15, 2013 9:00 AM

Roundtablers respond to Twin Cities Archdiocese abuse scandal

Our guests discuss the sexual abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, whether campaign cash skews judges' decisions and why boys are falling behind.

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November 15, 2013 9:00 AM

Rethinking a company town: International Falls tries to forge new future

Last year, this iconic border town lost nearly 300 good-paying paper mill jobs. The shock has subsided and tears have dried, but the work of rethinking what this company town might become is just beginning.

by Tom Weber, Jennifer Vogel and Dave Peters

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