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New University of St. Thomas president open to all options to keep pace with changing world

New University of St. Thomas president open to all options to keep pace with changing world

Julie Sullivan took over as president of Minnesota's largest private university on July 1, 2013. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with her about leading the University of St. Thomas.

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How the new Tommie president sees her role

How the new Tommie president sees her role

University of St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan tells MPR’s Cathy Wurzer what challenge she faces being the university’s first president who’s not a priest:   “When I chat to some of our female students or some of our retired female faculty, I realize I really have a special responsibility to be an effective role model, Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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What a 53-year-old journalist found when he went back to the U

What a 53-year-old journalist found when he went back to the U

Back in January, MinnPost media writer David Brauer announced publicly that at 53, he was heading back to the University of Minnesota to finish the degree he’d started more than 30 years ago. Brauer had made a few pit stops on his trip through higher ed. He spent three semesters at the University of Rochester in Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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How many immigrants have taken advantage of the state Dream Act?

How many immigrants have taken advantage of the state Dream Act?

State Office of Higher Education Director Larry Pogemiller gives his reaction in the Minnesota Daily to OHE data showing that so far 160 unauthorized immigrants — instead of the 600-plus that had been estimated publicly — have applied for tuition- and aid breaks under the recently passed Minnesota Dream Act: “I think internally we always Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Rich kids, recruiters and unpaid interns

Why Students (and Obama) Should STFU Already About College Costs  Obama’s touting more free money, reports are pouring in that tuition fees are rising—but college is still well within reach for most of us, and the wage premium remains huge. (The Daily Beast via NAICU) Unpaid interns strike back The Fair Pay Campaign is lobbying for legislation that Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Education Week: American RadioWorks documentary 'One Child at a Time'

Education Week: American RadioWorks documentary 'One Child at a Time'

A new documentary from American RadioWorks explores the practice and promise of individualized learning, through traditional tutors and new computer programs. It's called "One Child at a Time: Custom Learning in the Digital Age."
by Stephen Smith

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UMN considers merging colleges of ag and biological sciences

UMN considers merging colleges of ag and biological sciences

This in from the U: U of M to explore potential new college to combine agriculture, life sciences and environment Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Karen Hanson announced Wednesday that she will appoint a task force to examine the potential creation of a new college for the U of M Twin Cities. Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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State legislators hitting campuses this month

State legislators hitting campuses this month

Ten Minnesota lawmakers will hold listening sessions throughout the state this month on how to improve college in Minnesota. Senate Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Terri Bonoff (DFL-Minnetonka), along with her House counterpart, Rep. Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona), will lead the group’s free, public “listening events” on almost 20 campuses throughout the state. Bonoff said in a Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Should parents simply invest their children’s college money?

Should parents simply invest their children’s college money?

Barry Dahl, senior community manager at Desire2Learn and former VP of technology at Lake Superior College, wonders whether it would make more sense for parents to skip paying for college and instead invest the money into their child’s retirement fund. Children of parents who invested $40,000, he writes, would find upon retirement that they had $700,000 Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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