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McNally Smith's bankruptcy closes major sale, but students and faculty owed money still in limbo
The mortgage holders on the downtown St. Paul school building are almost certain to get the building. But that doesn't mean students and faculty members owed money will get much, if anything, out of the liquidation of the music college.
Conservative groups are suing the University of Minnesota, arguing that the school violated their free speech rights by moving a conservative speaker to its smaller St. Paul campus.
Senators to DeVos on TEACH grant debacle: 'Urgent that these mistakes are fixed'
New documents obtained by NPR show that nearly 11,000 TEACH recipients may have lost their grants because of mistakes by the loan servicer, but only a small fraction of the problems were ever fixed.
More states opting to 'robo-grade' student essays by computer
Developers say they understand why teachers would be skeptical. But, they insist, computers already drive cars and detect cancer, so they can certainly handle grading students' essays.
Diorama daze: Bell Museum prepares to open doors of $79M new digs
A brand new Bell Museum opens next month in a new location, after being closed for three years. We get a preview of the renowned dioramas and planetarium.