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On Campus Blog

The 7 worst kinds of college admission essays

Don’t find your latest creation on this abbreviated list of the worst-of-the-worst, published recently by The Huffington Post. Go here for the original slideshow and all the details. The worst part about them? They’re predictable. The Cringe-Inducing Metaphor Essay. (It’s not insightful. Just lame.) The Reformed Convict Essay. (What on earth makes you think an…
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How much state higher-ed employees make

For those who may have missed it, the St. Cloud Times has a neat little searchable database of the names and 2009 salaries of state employees, which include those at state-run higher ed institutions such as the University of Minnesota (all campuses) and those in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system (MnSCU). The state…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Bulging community colleges, college cost calculators and touchy logos

Workers seek new skills at community colleges, but classes are full All over the United States, community college enrollments have surged with unemployed and underemployed people seeking new skills. But just as workers have turned to community colleges, states have cut their budgets, forcing the institutions to turn away legions of students and stymieing the…
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U of Minnesota Duluth losing two top officials

Lake Superior College isn’t the only higher-ed campus undergoing an administrative shuffle. MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports that the University of Minnesota Duluth is losing two top administrators under the college’s new chancellor, Lendley Black. Read the full report here.
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What professors should be thankful for

What professors should be thankful for

William Pannapacker, an associate professor of English at Hope College, says academe has a culture of ingratitude. (Just read On Campus to get a dose.) It’s apparently because academics aren’t supposed to accept the status quo, and so must struggle endlessly — and crabbily — for progress and enlightenment. But for Thanksgiving, he suggests thinking…
by Alex Friedrich

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Desperate grad with $200,000 in debt has raised $2,000 with Web site

Desperate grad with $200,000 in debt has raised $2,000 with Web site

From the Let’s-Raise-Money-Off-the-Internet-in-a-Goofy-Way Department: Kelli Space, 23, a recent graduate of Northeastern University, is $200,000 in debt from her student loans. So in desperation she launched a Web site — twohundredthou.com, explaining how her naivete got her into this mess, and asked for donations. She’s taken her hits in various blogs and comments sections. People…
by Alex Friedrich

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Harry Potter, meet St. Olaf

For the recent premier of the latest Harry Potter movie, last Thursday St. Olaf College threw a dinner reminiscent of a Hogwarts feast. Professors sat at the head table, candles “floated” above the dining tables, and students found themselves sorted in one of the main houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. And how could the…
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Lake Superior College cuts 4 VP positions

Lake Superior College in Duluth is cutting up to two thirds of its vice president positions, the Duluth News Tribune reports. It’s the first big change under new president Patrick Johns, and is a move to combat a budget shortfall of up to $2.5 million for the 2011-12 school year. Who’s being kept: the VPs…
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Notes in the Margins: Belligerent students, Pell gaps and coming home

British Students Protest Tuition Fee Hikes Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple university tuition fees, and there were sporadic scuffles with police, two weeks after a similar demonstration sparked a small riot. (Huffington Post) Report Finds Low Graduation Rates at For-Profit Colleges Citing federal data, a study by the Education…
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