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April 11, 2011

Economics majors presented at association meetings in New York

Kegan Reiswig and Luke Sperling, Economics majors, presented papers at the undergraduate sessions of the Eastern Economics Association meetings in New York City. Kegan found no evidence that revenue sharing in Major League Baseball has increased league competitiveness; Luke found no evidence that job opportunities near a university negatively affects the university’s freshman retention rate. Oscar Flores, Economics, mentored both […]

Dept of Economics, Law & Politics
February 10, 2011

Recruitment, retention topic of student leadership session

The Office of Student Activities (OSA) will offer a Take the Lead session for student organizations on Recruitment and Retention, Monday, February 14 at 2 p.m. in CMU 227. Session leader is Jennifer Weil, graduate assistant in the Academic Resource Office. For upcoming Take the Lead sessions, visit the OSA website. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact […]

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September 9, 2009

Campuses extend learning to dorms

Learning doesn’t just happen in the classroom. That’s the idea behind “learning communities” that are gaining popularity in area college residence halls.

The concept takes a slightly different form on each campus, but the programs all have similar goals: increasing student retention and success. At Minnesota State University Moorhead, first-year students living in learning communities take at least three of their fall semester classes together and live on the same floor of a residence hall. Click the link to read more of Amy Dalrymple’s article.

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