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June 18, 2013 4:00 AM

How Minnesota rated in a review of teacher preparation programs

The National Council on Teacher Quality has come out with what’s being billed as the first-ever report card on teacher preparation programs, and the verdict reported by the Washington Post is: mediocre. (Bob Collins on MPR’s NewsCut blog calls it “a report card of failure.” Colleges and universities may get multiple ratings depending on the…

by Alex Friedrich

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June 18, 2013 3:07 AM

A look at the first year under the UMN athletic director

University of Minnesota Athletic Director Norwood Teague tells the Star Tribune about how he offered to hold individual meetings with more than 50 fans so they could air their complaints: “There was a guy who said, ‘You said should not take this personally [because] part of this is 40 years of frustration coming to the…

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June 18, 2013 2:48 AM

Graphic: How costs have risen in relation to family income

For the Huffington Post article, go here.

by Alex Friedrich

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June 17, 2013 3:17 PM

School of Science supporters protest district decision to end lease

Parents, students and staff protested outside the Minnesota School of Science in north Minneapolis charter school over a district decision that could close the school.

by Tim Post

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June 17, 2013 10:10 AM

Notes in the Margins: Employee loans, luxury digs and academic doping

Sen. Schumer seeks crackdown on “academic doping” Sen. Charles Schumer of New York said up to 35 percent of all college kids report using stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin as a study tool. He wants colleges to come back from summer break with a plan on how to deal with abuse of the prescription ADHD pills. (CBS…

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June 17, 2013 10:09 AM

Winona State University students to get tablets this fall

This just in: Winona State University will be the first public university in the Midwest to offer a tablet and a laptop to all students starting in fall 2013. WSU’s Digital Life and Learning Program will provide all new Winona State students, and students due for their two-year laptop exchange, an iPad mini or Android-based…

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June 17, 2013 7:56 AM

What the small group of people in front of the McNamara Alumni Center was doing Friday

You may recall the address made at the University of Minnesota’s budget forum earlier this month by a steward of the union representing the U’s clerical workers — the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. (The U’s response is here. Further response is below.) Just before Friday’s Board of Regents meeting, the union…

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June 17, 2013 6:32 AM

Two letters about tuition at the University of Minnesota

As you may have gathered from posts I’ve put up recently, the affordability of an education — especially at the University of Minnesota — is on a lot of people’s minds. Here are a couple of comments posted on the subject. One is from Krista Finstad Hanson, a U alumna. She said she wrote it…

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June 17, 2013 3:21 AM

How to read the University of Minnesota’s efficiency evaluation

Last week I waded through the report on efficiency at the University of Minnesota, marveling at the buzzwords and tortured English that infest consultant-speak. I vented to MPR business correspondent Martin Moylan, who told me where that stuff comes from: internet language generators. He started me off with the dack.com Web Economy Bullsh-t Generator, which…

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June 17, 2013 2:55 AM

Why luxury housing is growing around the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota architecture student Alex Johnson tells the Star Tribune why he loves living in a two-bedroom, two-bath corner unit at the high-end Stadium Village Flats: “I just turned 20 years old a couple of days ago and live in a place with granite countertops, quality furniture and a view like none other. I…

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