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MPR News keeps track of the latest education news in Minnesota so you can understand the events shaping the future of learning and how it impacts students at any level.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: 'My Brother's Keeper' aims to create ladders of opportunity

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'My Brother's Keeper' aims to create ladders of opportunity

President Obama launched the "My Brother's Keeper" initiative in February 2014 to improve the opportunities and achievement of boys and young men of color. He said America needs more mentors to show young men we care about them, and there needs to be more action and less talk. The director of the My Brother's Keeper program, Jim Shelton, spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival July 1, 2014.

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Millennials, tech evangelists and the Common Core

Colleges and Universities Aren’t Ready for New Common Core Standards A report recommends that colleges add the results of Common Core assessment tests to the measures by which they gauge students’ eligibility for admission and financial aid; that they help make sure primary and secondary schools teach the things needed to succeed in higher education, and…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU board to approve future chancellor contracts

MnSCU board to approve future chancellor contracts

Trustees of Minnesota’s state-run colleges and universities are trying to inject some transparency into how they handle contracts. Today they voted to formally approve all future employment contracts for their chancellor, including changes made to existing contracts. The change in policy comes after reports last month that former board Chairman Clarence Hightower had quietly signed…
by Alex Friedrich

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Commissioner to look more closely at Globe/MSB

Commissioner to look more closely at Globe/MSB

State Office of Higher Education Commissioner Larry Pogemiller tells MPR News reporter Martin Moylan his office will take a harder look at Globe University / Minnesota School of Business now that they face a lawsuit by state Attorney General Lori Swanson: “We will now do our part to go and look and see what we…
by Alex Friedrich

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State AG files suit against Globe/MSB

State AG files suit against Globe/MSB

"Going to college has long been a way for people to try to make a better life for themselves. The schools exploited this dream for some students, who are now saddled with debt," said Attorney General Swanson, in a statement.
by Martin Moylan

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Trustees, adult ed, and publicity-hungry journals

Short Courses for the Long Haul Adult Education Eases Path to Career Change (The New York Times) Historically black colleges face uncertain future Facing often steep declines in enrollment, these schools are struggling to survive. In the last 20 years, five historically black colleges and universities — or HBCU’s — have shut down and about…
by Alex Friedrich

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State AG files suit against Globe/MSB

You may remember my coverage of Globe University / Minnesota School of Business and claims that it was using deceptive marketing tactics. The Minnesota attorney general has just announced that she has filed suit against the company. MPR News’ Martin Moylan will be covering this today, so we’ll be bring you more details as he…
by Alex Friedrich

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A quick look at Moorhead’s final cuts

I’ve been trying to wheel around and get updates on several campuses that were reporting potential budget cuts this past academic year. Minnesota State University – Moorhead is cutting staff and merging departments as part of a multimillion-dollar budget cut. About two dozen tenured faculty and more than three dozen adjunct professors are leaving the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Remediation, roommates and gender-neutral lavs

Avoiding Roommate Shock, Online Ultimately, college officials hope that these roommate-recommendation programs can combat a costly problem: interpersonal conflicts so severe that they can prompt students to transfer to other schools before their sophomore year. (The New York Times) Does Khan Academy Work? No one really knows how well it works. Sure, it’s cheaper than a real classroom, but…
by Alex Friedrich

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Youth unemployment crisis hits African-Americans hardest

Youth unemployment crisis hits African-Americans hardest

For young people between the ages of 16 and 24, unemployment is more than twice the national rate, at 14.2 percent. For African-Americans, that rate jumps to 21.4 percent. Discrimination could be a factor. But so is a sluggish economy, experts say.

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