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Editorial: MnSCU bonuses deserved

Melinda Voss, spokeswoman for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, forwarded to me this recent editorial from the Fargo Forum. The crux of the argument: The system has to have campus leaders who are willing to go beyond their job descriptions to address a very real funding crisis for MnSCU schools. The relatively small…
by Alex Friedrich

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Last public Kaler interview today at 11:45

Here’s the info for the last chance we’ll have to see an interview with Eric Kaler, the University of Minnesota sole presidential finalist: Public Interview with the Board of Regents – Thursday, November 18, 2010, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. McNamara Alumni Center, Sixth Floor Boardroom. The forum will be streamed on the internet. For…
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If you ran the University of Minnesota, what three things would you do to make it better?

If you ran the University of Minnesota, what three things would you do to make it better?

Today’s Question at MPR lets you get into the driver’s seat at the University of Minnesota: If you ran the University of Minnesota, what three things would you do to make it better? Let us know! I’ll be posting a few responses, like this one from “Jim”: 1. Eliminate sport scholarships 2. Increase class offerings.…
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Paul Tosto: 3 questions for the next U president

Paul Tosto: 3 questions for the next U president

In case you missed it, MPR’s economics blogger, Paul Tosto, has some solid questions for Eric Kaler, the sole presidential finalist at the University of Minnesota: How does the U get to the middle of its peer group on key measure? Where will the money come from to drive those bioscience buildings? What about tuition?…
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Kaler takes questions at the U

Kaler takes questions at the U

“It was interesting to see how he had so many ideas formulated already in such a wonderfully developed way,” Brown said. “It wasn’t just general ideas; it wasn’t just general talking points. He had a lot of nice specific ideas, a lot of great experience that he was ready to transfer over.” — University of…
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Notes in the Margins: Cheating, ed students and black colleges online

Cheating and the Generational Divide he revelation that hundreds of University of Central Florida students in a senior-level business class received an advance version of a mid-term exam has exposed the widening chasm in what different generations expect of each other — and what they perceive cheating to be. (Inside Higher Ed) As Textbooks Go…
by Alex Friedrich

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Kaler's vision for the University of Minnesota

This last question, which regent Dean Johnson said he submitted: Could you share your vision of what the U of M will look like in five years, and what changes are needed? I want this institution to be perceived as a premier institution in the U.S. I am going to focus on the undergraduate experience.…
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Kaler on diversity

Forum question: How will you increase diversity and access? I have a very strong commitment to diversity, both racial and gender. As for gender, when I was at the engineering college, I moved the female share of the faculty from 4 percent to 15 percent by insisting on an aggressive search. Success with our faculty…
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Kaler on labor unions in universities

Forum question: Do you support the right of employees and graduate students to organize? How should the university respond? Employees who wish to unionize will do so under the full protection of the law. I have mixed views about the benefits of unionization. At the faculty level, if you have appropriate HR mechanisms, a good…
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Kaler on the need for a successful athletics program

Forum question: What kind of role should athletics play? Athletics are a very important part of the university. They are a window through which people see the university. Part of athletics is whether you win or lose, and that influences how people see the university. And some people are uncomfortable about that. But Michigan, Virginia,…
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