Make-or-Break Moment for Duluth’s Public Schools: The 2013 Operating Levy

John D. Schwetman
Assistant Professor
Department of English

As educators at a state-funded university, we who teach at UMD have a distinct perspective on the importance of Duluth’s public schools and the consequences for our community that will result from choking off funding for them.

Duluth’s Independent School District #709 is currently in the fifth and final year of an operating levy that provides invaluable to support the functioning of our local schools.

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Two days of events to focus on role of faculty in higher education

UEA President: Michael Pfau

Here are all the details for Benjamin Ginsberg's (author of the Fall of the Faculty: the Rise of the All Administrative University and Why it Matters) public lecture Thursday evening September 26th at 7 p.m. at the Marshall Performing Arts Center.

Ginsberg does an admirable job of identifying the many challenges facing higher education generally and faculty in particular.

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Service Ratings

Management is in the process of conducting service ratings. Click MORE for details.

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Get 2013-2014 Newsletters

2013 -2014  Are Archived Below. Simply click on more button below and select the newsletter you would like to read.

 

 

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Understanding the SLO

Student Learning Objectives (SLOs): What You Need to Know

Author: Sylvia Saunders
Source: NYSUT Communications

slo chart

 

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