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Report details racial disparity in school suspensions

Nearly two-thirds of African-American boys with disabilities in St. Paul Public Schools were suspended from school at least once during the 2009-10 school year, according to a new study from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA. That's nearly double the national average and more than seven times the rate for the general student body in the St. Paul schools.

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How to get the best college financial aid deal possible

How to get the best college financial aid deal possible

As college-bound high school seniors decide which school to attend -- and how to pay for it -- two financial aid experts answer your questions about how to navigate the process.

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Q&A: Mpls. superintendent on reducing school suspensions

Q&A: Mpls. superintendent on reducing school suspensions

Reporter Laura Yuen talked to Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson about the district's school suspension racial gap and what the district is doing to reduce overall suspensions.
by Laura Yuen

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Mpls. tackles high rate of African-American student suspensions

Mpls. tackles high rate of African-American student suspensions

The Minneapolis Public School District is making a concerted effort to tackle what it considers a pervasive problem.
by Laura Yuen

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What is next for Fairview and the U?

What is next for Fairview and the U?

Here’s a version of my chat (audio above) with MPR’s Steven John today on All Things Considered: SJ: A day after merger talks abruptly ended between Fairview Health Services and its suitors — Sanford Health and the University of Minnesota — Fairview and the U are left to figure out where to go from here…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's Rep. Pelowski doing about admin spending?

What's Rep. Pelowski doing about admin spending?

Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona), chairman if the House higher-ed committee, tells MPR political editor Mike Mulcahy he’s got some legislation coming out Monday that targets colleges’ administrative spending: “You will see oversight language on Monday that begins to address both reporting to the legislature on a mandatory basis, on a regular basis, of how they’re spending…
by Alex Friedrich

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What’s Rep. Pelowski doing about admin spending?

What’s Rep. Pelowski doing about admin spending?

Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona), chairman if the House higher-ed committee, tells MPR political editor Mike Mulcahy he’s got some legislation coming out Monday that targets colleges’ administrative spending: “You will see oversight language on Monday that begins to address both reporting to the legislature on a mandatory basis, on a regular basis, of how they’re spending…
by Alex Friedrich

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The Senate higher-education omnibus bill

Other news commitments keep me from looking at this more closely, but I’ll get to it soon. For now, here’s the latest version of the Senate higher-ed omnibus bill — numbers included. Chairwoman Terri Bonoff’s announcement of her highlights is here.
by Alex Friedrich

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UMN prof: How the university of the future will operate — if it still exists

UMN prof: How the university of the future will operate — if it still exists

Here’s part of a recent interview on “the university of the future” between John Moravec, a faculty member in the University of Minnesota‘s Innovation Studies/Master of Liberal Studies graduate programs, and Carlos Scolari a researcher in digital communication, semiotics and media ecology at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. It’s taken from the blog Education Futures, which Moravec edits. CS: How do…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: How to avoid plagiarism

Video: How to avoid plagiarism

Courtesy of the Twitterverse — a campy University of Washington video on how to avoid plagiarism. I’m not sure it does what it aims to do. It’s worth a chuckle or two, but there’s lots of filler. And is it really the proper way for an esteemed university to teach a lesson as important as…
by Alex Friedrich

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