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Despite the often gloomy forecasts about unprecedented challenges in higher education, Minnesota saw small gains in college ...

And, lo, it passed. We got TACO Wednesday. In the morning Trump insulted everyone he could think of (including Canada and Mark Carney) during his rambling, dead-eyed speech in Davos. In the afternoon ...