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January 4, 2011 7:08 AM

Military complains of undereducated candidates

The U.S. Army via Flickr You’ll need better education if you want to wear one of these. On Campus tries to stray on occasion into non-academic post-high-school options — not just college. And we’ve often read about the business community’s input in education discussions, how it says education needs to change to provide the work…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 4, 2011 6:50 AM

U of Minnesota student mag sees societal blur

A magazine production class in the University of Minnesota’s journalism school is making ambiguity the theme of its magazine, Blur. It’s the culmination of a semester’s worth of student work — what the U calls “an investigation of the blurring lines between culture, food and music in today’s society.” Available both online and on paper…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 4, 2011 5:26 AM

Do the unemployed see training as an option?

Catherine Rampell of the New York Times says taking classes or training while unemployed and looking for a new career is not as common as some might think, according to what she’s seen in a recent report: The fact that so many of those who have found new work are changing careers may lend credence…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 4, 2011 4:07 AM

Notes in the Margins: Guns, tuition and a cultural genome

Scholars Elicit a ‘Cultural Genome’ From 5.2 Million Google-Digitized Books The English language is going through a time of huge growth. Humanity is forgetting its history more rapidly each year. And celebrities are losing their fame faster than in the past. (chronicle.com) Oklahoma State Student Paper to Begin Charging Non-Local Web Readers Starting soon, certain…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 3, 2011 10:06 AM

Oddest expulsion case ever?

The Kansas City Star reports: A nursing student at Johnson County Community College is stunned to find herself booted out of school just months before graduation. Her offense: Posting on Facebook a photograph of herself posing with a human placenta in class. Ok.

by Alex Friedrich

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January 3, 2011 9:10 AM

Why some students prefer college admissions videos

Looks like more and more colleges and universities (such as George Mason) are accepting videos in their recruiting process. They’re more work for candidates — and possibly more painful for the admissions committee — but some students prefer them. High school senior David Dorsey of New Jersey tells the Washington Post: “I’m applying to seven…

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January 3, 2011 8:29 AM

Grad school? Majority go into biz, ed

CNN reports on a study of the most popular graduate degrees — and finds they tend to be in two fields: The study found a combined 51 percent of the total number of master’s degrees awarded in 2009 were in either business or education. By contrast, 7.2 percent of master’s degrees were granted in engineering,…

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January 3, 2011 8:07 AM

Job posting for Anoka college realignment

Just in case you’re curious, here’s the job posting for the new president of Anoka Technical College and Anoka-Ramsey Community College. If you remember, they’ll be realigning under one president by next fall.

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January 3, 2011 7:50 AM

2 Winona State students suspected of cyber crime

“I don’t know when he would have time to do that. He spends all of his time studying. I hope none of it is true.” — Winona State University chemistry professor Thomas Nalli talking to the Star Tribune about Khoi Van, one of two Winona State foreign students suspected by federal investigators of engaging in…

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January 3, 2011 7:03 AM

How librarians killed the academic library

Wow, this sounds familiar. The Chronicle of Higher Education’s article, Death by Irony: How Librarians Killed the Academic Library, reads like many of the articles I’ve read about the demise of the American newspaper: On its deathbed, it could be heard mumbling curses against Google ….. At the same time, the death … is being…

by Alex Friedrich

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