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July 16, 2013 11:45 AM

Teachers don't see much harm to students' writing in the digital age

Pew study finds that teachers think online tools encourage collaboration and writing for a wider audience.

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July 16, 2013 7:28 AM

Arne Duncan: Early childhood education worth the investment

The Obama administration wants to spend $75 billion on early childhood education over the next 10 years, an investment U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said would pay off several-fold in the future.

by Tim Post

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July 16, 2013 6:30 AM

How welcoming are Minnesota campuses to the LGBT community?

Looks like the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities got five out of five stars in national ratings of how LGBT-friendly campuses are. You can get more details about the ratings system in the U’s announcement below. Other five-star campuses in the Campus Pride Index are Carleton College and Macalester College. The rest were in…

by Alex Friedrich

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July 16, 2013 3:40 AM

Why MnSCU’s plan for its campuses is good

The Star Tribune explains why it welcomes plans by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system to consider shuffling the programs it offers at its campuses to better meet demand: That move is overdue. More than half of Minnesota’s job growth is in the metro area, while the bulk of Minnesota’s higher-ed capacity, particularly in…

by Alex Friedrich

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July 16, 2013 1:25 AM

Notes in the Margins: Hitler, Bill Gates and solutions to the student-loan problem

The best answer is still RTFM Countless college and university presidents and deans have written memoirs over the years in hopes of providing both brilliant insights and practical guidelines. Most such works reprint or modestly revise dry and repetitive speeches that are “dead on arrival”. Henry Rosovsky’sThe University: An Owner’s Manual (1990) remains a notable exception. (Times Higher…

by Alex Friedrich

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July 15, 2013 12:01 PM

UMN athletic director: We’ve carved out space. It won’t be extravagant

As you know, University of Minnesota Athletic Director told MPR’s Tom Weber on The Daily Circuit his view that his athletes need a new academic center for themselves. His $190 million sports construction plan calls for the private funding and construction of eight projects over the next six to eight years. He say’s they’d be…

by Alex Friedrich

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July 15, 2013 9:14 AM

What a UMN researcher finds wrong with Metro State’s parking proposal

First some neighborhood folks had issues with Metropolitan State University’s plans for a parking ramp. Now University of Minnesota civil engineering professor David Levinson and director of the NEXUS research group on transportation says the proposal to charge students and employees for it — regardless of whether they use it — is wrong: So if…

by Alex Friedrich

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July 15, 2013 8:41 AM

Why more Minnesota veterans can get state GI Bill funding

Gov. Mark Dayton has noted that starting this month, Minnesota’s 6-year-old GI Bill (not the federal one) extends to any veteran (under the age of 62) who has served honorably in any military at any time. Before the change in law, only veterans who served after September 11, 2001 could get it. The benefit gives…

by Alex Friedrich

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July 15, 2013 7:05 AM

Why do University of Minnesota athletes need their own academic center?

Here’s what University of Minnesota Athletic Director Norwood Teague had to say on this morning’s Daily Circuit when host Tom Weber asked him why athletes needed their own (privately funded) academic center — and don’t just go to the library or some other place to study: “We demand a lot out of our student athletes,…

by Alex Friedrich

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July 15, 2013 5:29 AM

Macalester College’s video explaining Campus Life

Found a link to this on Twitter. In just the first minute or so, the video hits me with these expressions: “work collaboratively with faculty, staff and students to create the best possible student experience at Macalester.” “work to build relationships and develop community to maximize student learning beyond the classroom” “aims to enhance student…

by Alex Friedrich

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