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College of Design

An Education in Creative Courage

Thomas Fisher | Posted 12.02.2012 | Home
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Thomas Fisher

See the WWW Conference as an educational wake-up call. School should be about equipping students not just with the skills, but also with the self-confidence to pursue their passions, regardless of what others may think.

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Cutting Health Care Costs Through Design

Thomas Fisher | Posted 01.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Mayo, Ezekiel Emanuel, Designer, Design, Center for Design in Health, Thomas Fisher, College of Design, Health Care, Healthcare, University of Minnesota, Health Care Costs, Health Care Reform, Politics News
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We can no longer afford bad design. In fact, the real luxury in this country has been our tolerance of so much bad design -- sloppy procedures, careless processes, and wasteful products -- that costs us way more than we can possibly sustain.

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Tenure: Use It or Lose It

Thomas Fisher | Posted 10.17.2011 | Home
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Thomas Fisher

Recent efforts in statehouses around the United States to abolish public employees' and K-12 teachers' collective bargaining rights suggest that attacks on the tenure system in public higher education will not be far behind.

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