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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.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

Hamline adjunct faculty begins union vote

Adjunct faculty members at Hamline University are expected to begin voting tomorrow on whether to unionize. The employees have two weeks in which to vote, and the National Labor Relations Board should announce results a few days after that, said Denise Welte, organizing director for the Service Employees International Union Local 284. The union is…
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U ends investigation of protesters

Now that the U has quietly dropped an investigation into some student protesters, one of them — grad student Rahsaan Mahadeo — tells the Star Tribune what he thinks of the faculty letter-writing campaign that supported them:  “It was a powerful statement. We do feel like they made a really significant impact.” Read the full…
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Prison, rape, and summer courses

Prison Program Turns Inmates Into Intellectuals The more urgent and compelling question now is whether and how quickly they find work worthy of their achievements. (The New York Times) Just as it wants students to speed up, government won’t pay for summer courses Tuition spikes slow congressional support for restoring summer Pell grants. (Time/The Hechinger Report) Brown…
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Carlson grad: Look at biz differently

Carlson grad: Look at biz differently

Here’s what recent Carlson School of Management graduate Austin Hermann told fellow graduates — and The Huffington Post — about “realizing purpose” in business: When you look at business as a way of serving, and giving, and putting others first, it becomes such a gift to the world. Fundamentally, business is people helping people. Business…
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Oil, debt and transfers

Oil boom sends gusher of cash to Texas universities Over the past five years, two university systems have seen their endowments grow by around 70 percent as oil revenue floods in at the rate of almost $1 billion a year. At a time most state universities are fighting just to maintain programs, UT and A&M…
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Do autistic kids fare better in integrated or specialized schools?

The federal law that governs special education lays out the goals pretty clearly: Students are entitled to an appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. But some parents of children with autism feel their local public schools aren't meeting their kids' needs.
by Deena Prichep

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Hamline to demolish presidential White House

Hamline to demolish presidential White House

Judy White, a former National Trust for Historic Preservation staffer — and daughter of former Hamline University president Paul Giddens — gives the Pioneer Press her thoughts on Hamline’s decision to raze the old presidential residence on campus,  where she lived for 18 years: “Just from my perspective, it’s a very disappointing outcome. I’m a…
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Adjuncts, deregulation and overseas academics

How much will Obama’s college rating system cost? A lot. While the pros and cons of the initiative are debated, one question that never seems to be asked is how much the enterprise is going to cost to develop and implement. Millions, apparently. (The Wall Street Journal) Disquiet over rise in proportion of overseas academics Some young…
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Community colleges take on more students who need developmental classes

The state Office of Higher Education tracked -- for two years -- high school students who graduated between 2006 and 2011. The percentage who took developmental classes hovered around 30 percent.
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St. Paul schools pick iPads over PCs for students

St. Paul schools pick iPads over PCs for students

St. Paul school district is finishing up a deal with Apple to loan iPads to all 39,000 students in St. Paul over the next two school years. There's no price tag for that effort, yet.
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