Comments on: Ideas That Might Work for Twin Cities Newspaper Blogs http://www.thedeets.com/2007/12/14/ideas-that-might-work-for-twin-cities-newspaper-blogs/ You want The Deets? You can't HANDLE The Deets. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:30:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Roehl http://www.thedeets.com/2007/12/14/ideas-that-might-work-for-twin-cities-newspaper-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-4035 Bill Roehl Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:40:09 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/12/14/ideas-that-might-work-for-twin-cities-newspaper-blogs/#comment-4035 <i>What effect to the schools have on our economy? Our neighborhoods? Do students stick around? How are they used by people working in the community? What are our tax dollars going toward other than stadiums? What are programs are particularly strong at each school?</i> Good luck with this one. While I'm sure many of the local colleges would be more than happy to give you general marketing information about their graduates post-college statistics, the majority aren't going to give you exactly what you are looking for. Private colleges, especially, are tight-lipped about their market research and graduation data because they need to keep making profit. They are absolute geniuses in picking locations, nationwide, and making money hand-over-fist while charging up to 5x as much as required by state sponsored educational facilities which arguably offer 5x the educational benefit (the largest being recognized accreditation). I would certainly be interested in reading something along those lines but I would be even more interested in knowing where the research data for the blog came from. If it just turned into a campus newspaper online, my interest would certainly be limited. There are only so many times I can hear, "like my professor was like so mean to me like you know like?" :) What effect to the schools have on our economy? Our neighborhoods? Do students stick around? How are they used by people working in the community? What are our tax dollars going toward other than stadiums? What are programs are particularly strong at each school?

Good luck with this one. While I’m sure many of the local colleges would be more than happy to give you general marketing information about their graduates post-college statistics, the majority aren’t going to give you exactly what you are looking for.

Private colleges, especially, are tight-lipped about their market research and graduation data because they need to keep making profit. They are absolute geniuses in picking locations, nationwide, and making money hand-over-fist while charging up to 5x as much as required by state sponsored educational facilities which arguably offer 5x the educational benefit (the largest being recognized accreditation).

I would certainly be interested in reading something along those lines but I would be even more interested in knowing where the research data for the blog came from. If it just turned into a campus newspaper online, my interest would certainly be limited. There are only so many times I can hear, “like my professor was like so mean to me like you know like?” :)

]]> By: JACC http://www.thedeets.com/2007/12/14/ideas-that-might-work-for-twin-cities-newspaper-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-4032 JACC Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:18:01 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/12/14/ideas-that-might-work-for-twin-cities-newspaper-blogs/#comment-4032 Here are some other ideas: Street Fashion of the Twin Cities Sex World The Lagoon Theater Grocery Stores Or maybe a combination of all the above; The Well Dressed Cucumber Review. Here are some other ideas:

Street Fashion of the Twin Cities
Sex World
The Lagoon Theater
Grocery Stores

Or maybe a combination of all the above; The Well Dressed Cucumber Review.

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