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Franken supporting bill targeting vet-enrollment by for-profits
AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteWatch the vets Still catching up on my first day back. In case you haven’t seen this, here’s news on a bill involving U.S. Sen. Al Franken that hits on for-profits’...
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When are students chaff — and when are they just not the right fit for a...
Patricia Drury via FlickrYou've got the right college fit? Hey, whatever it takes to sleep at night College admissions counselors I’ve spoken to and read about always seem to play down the importance...
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Should MN colleges require computer-skill placement tests?
gothick_mattHow good are students at using these? A commentary in City College News, the student paper of Minneapolis Community and Technical College, says the college needs to assess students’...
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MN legislation would let more students earn dual credit
Orange42I think I'm ready to move on I’ve been seeing several pieces of legislation going around that are trying to broaden the state Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program. One bill I’m...
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What university did the MN New York Times student choose?
MPR Photo / Alex FriedrichThere's no place like home In December I posted that Minnetonka High School senior Abigail Hansen was contributing to a New York Times series of essays by students going...
View ArticleWhat does MnSCU expect in the credit-transfer process?
As you may know, MnSCU has been dinged by legislators and students for its transfer rate. It states that its success rate (depending on how you define it) is over 90 percent (though some students think...
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How do you know if a college is right for you?
MPR’s current Question of the Day, “How do you know if a college is right for you?” has produced some good tips so far, as well as a little snark and cynicism. (The tips so far tend to be practical....
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Franken introduces bill for transparency in college costs
AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteFranken For those familiar with Minnesota U.S. Senator Al Frankin’s recent call for a boost to student aid, here’s an edited press release just in: Sen. Franken Introduces...
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Why some low-income students don’t focus on studies
ThrasherDave via FlickrPlease show us it's worth it College Possible founder Jim McCorkle runs the Minnesota-based nonprofit to help low income students get into college. Last night he told Bright...
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Is the state’s new college finance video too white?
LinkedInJoe Nathan Late yesterday afternoon I attended a screening of “Paying for College: How Minnesota Families Make It Happen,” which I previewed here. About 100 or so higher-ed and K-12 officials...
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Which MN colleges get more love from counselors than college officials?
SMUMHigh school counselors are bigger fans than our peers With the usual rankings-related caveats in mind, I was drawn to this little article in U.S. News & World Report on which schools are ranked...
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What state Rep. Mariani says about the Minnesota DREAM Act
MPR Photo / Alex FriedrichUriel Rosales Tlatenchi: Helping others chase the DREAM The radio story I did yesterday for MPR — “Bill would ease college financial challenges for students illegally in...
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Why Jason Alexander was in St. Paul
Alan Light via Wikimedia CommonsJust here for the schools, actually “So the other day, I get a call from Sen. Al Franken, and he says, ‘Hey, Jason Alexander is in town. Do you want to have dinner with...
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How the Office of Higher Ed wants to make the college search process easier
OHE Web siteAll in the palm of your hand Here’s a neat idea the state Office of Higher Education has come up with: a free smartphone app that helps students stay on top of their college search. Here’s...
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What UMN alumni told Kaler the priority of the U should be
epiclectic's photostream via FlickrIt's undergrad tuition and access, Mr. President Just got around to getting the transcript to University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler’s recent conference call...
View ArticleWhat the Dream Act would cost the UMN and MnSCU
MN Senate Fiscal Note for Dream Act – S0723_1E When I posted a while back about the cost of the Minnesota Dream Act — About half a million dollars a year in State Grant funding — I neglected to include...
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What is the UMN College in the Schools program excluding?
washed up via FlickrNo Chaucer here Emory University English professor Mark Bauerlein writes in the Star Tribune why the University of Minnesota is wrong to largely exclude classics from its “College...
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The new website of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education
www.ohe.state.mn.us Looks like they’ve made it more accessible to parents. Would be curious to hear how helpful it proves to be.
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What a Wisconsin campus committee wants to do with the MN reciprocity agreement
Change the freshman class through pricing (Phil Roeder via Flickr) UW Provost Paul DeLuca Jr.tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel what he thinks about a recommendation that the University of...
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Supreme Court sends affirmative action case back to lower court
You might need to rethink things. (rosebennet via Flickr) #DV-viewer-717039-fisher-v-texas-decision * {box-sizing: content-box;} We’ve got this posted on the MPR News site as well: Supreme Court sends...
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