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Reporter | Higher Education

Phone: 612-673-7168

Jenna Ross covers Minnesota’s public and private colleges and universities -- including campus life, academics and administration. She blogs at www.startribune.com/campusconnect and she tweets at @ByJenna.
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What's in a name: The U redefines job categories

System is meant to thin ranks of "administrators" and better describe what staff members do.

Updated: October 11, 2012, - 11:48 PM

On campus beat: Tracking the debate in a blink of an eye

Eric Ostermeier doesn't just watch a presidential debate. He deconstructs it.

Updated: October 10, 2012, - 08:39 PM

Internet 'flips' the idea of how to teach a class

Lectures go online while class time is used for student interaction. The "flip" format is yet another example of how technology is transforming higher education -- and how universities are striving to set themselves apart from an Internet full of free online lectures.

Updated: October 08, 2012, - 09:09 AM

On campus beat: Don't be so shy, Kaler tells U faculty

University of Minnesota professors are excellent, President Eric Kaler believes. They're also a bit too ... Minnesotan.

Updated: October 03, 2012, - 07:41 PM

Obituary: 'Happy Chef' Marcel 'Sal' Frederick started as Army cook

Marcel Frederick stood just 5-foot-5 , but his legacy might be closer in size to the iconic, 36-foot statue along Hwy. 169 of a smiling chef brandishing a wooden spoon. Frederick, who went by "Sal," was the original Happy Chef, a longtime restaurateur, four-term legislator and fixture in the Mankato community.

Updated: September 27, 2012, - 10:31 PM