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College: Still worth it

Despite all the concern about the cost and relevance of a college education, surveying by the American Council on Education of young alumni found they were fairly content with what they’d paid for: Respondents expressed broad satisfaction with their undergraduate experience. Eighty-nine percent of respondents said their college experience had been worth it, and 85…
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Are mashups really new? Or just in education?

Ryan Cordell, assistant professor of English at St. Norbert College, writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education about “mashups” and how they can help students learn: In my classes, I’ve experimented with mashups in order to help students think about literary style. I started doing this when I noticed that my students often sensed stylistic…
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How a university marching band kicks a football

How a university marching band kicks a football

Never seen this before. Really impressive. The University of Hawaii band forms up into the shape of a football player — and then marches so that it looks like the player is kicking a football. Pointed out by The Huffington Post.
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Notes in the Margins: Adjuncts, presents and U of M transparency

Advocates of Adjunct Union at East-West U. Score a Big Win Adjunct faculty members seeking to unionize at East-West University have been granted considerable job protections as part of the settlement of unfair-labor-practice charges filed on behalf of several whose contracts were not renewed. (Chronicle of Higher Education) Holiday Presents Least Appreciated By College Students…
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Cornell president: How to manage college costs

Cornell University President David Skorton says colleges and universities need to work on three main areas to contain costs. Here’s a shortened version of his list in The Huffington Post: 1. No campus can be all things to all people. Now is the time to decide, campus by campus, what we can do best and…
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Community colleges: Lacking the college experience?

We’ve seen how the image of two-year colleges — whether it’s correct or distorted — causes some Minnesotans to choose four-year colleges instead. Judging from my survey, some of the reason my be tied into how people view the “college experience.” Students looking at four-year institutions may want the friendships formed in dorm life, a…
by Alex Friedrich

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Videos: Winter and holidays on some MN campuses

Videos: Winter and holidays on some MN campuses

When I asked Minnesota colleges to send me photos and videos of their snow-covered campuses or some holiday festivities, a half dozen sent back the videos and slideshows below. Cool stuff! Looks like they’re part of a trend. The Washington Post has a blog post on how electronic holiday videos are all the rage now…
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Why are winter breaks so long for students?

Slate says it the result of stagflation and the energy crisis of the Carter era: … In the 1970s, when many academic institutions found themselves in dire fiscal straits (one national task force predicted that more than one-quarter might be forced to close their doors), administrators realized that if they altered the calendar, they could…
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Notes in the Margins: Kline, ROTC and the IRS

U panel weighs who’s best suited to become a regent Soon, the process of picking candidates for four open spots on the Board of Regents will get political. One disappointed applicant says it already has. (Star Tribune) Rep. Kline is ready for chairman’s job The chairman of a committee of the U.S. Congress has a…
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Do community colleges have a stigma? Yes — but some folks see the light

Here’s another batch of responses from my survey of how people view the quality of community colleges — and whether those schools carry a stigma. Some of the first responses indicated that both students and school staffers — including those at two-year-colleges — see them as a second-best alternative to four-years. This next batch has…
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