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Report: How student borrowing has risen in 2 years

I’m working on my own radio spots about the state Office of Higher Education report above. But for now feel free to read the original report (Ed. note: Problems uploading. Link to report is here.) And check out the office’s take on the data in its press release below: OHE REPORT INDICATES HOW MN STUDENTS…
by Alex Friedrich

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Analysis: New studies weigh college value and cost

Analysis: New studies weigh college value and cost

Two new studies offer emphatic answers to much-discussed questions about higher education: Yes, a college degree is worth it, but yes, it's the middle-class that's getting particularly squeezed with student debt in the pursuit of one

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Survey: WVU makes top party school, beats Ohio U.

The The Princeton Review's college rankings are in the 2013 edition of "The Best 377 Colleges," which goes on sale Tuesday.

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Lunch workers study how to get kids to eat healthy

Lunch workers study how to get kids to eat healthy

There will be more whole grains on school lunch menus this year, along with a wider selection of fruits and vegetables and other healthy options. The challenge is getting children to eat them.

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Special needs kids staying in traditional schools

Special needs kids staying in traditional schools

The high cost of educating students with special needs is disproportionately falling on traditional public schools as other students increasingly opt for alternatives that aren't always readily open to those requiring special education.

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Minn. ranks high in nation for cost of center-based child care

Minnesota ranks near the bottom in the country for affordable center-based child care, according to a study released today.
by Jon Collins

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Should medical students practice patient-centered care?

Should medical students practice patient-centered care?

A few medical schools have been leading the way to provide third-year medical students the opportunity to work with patients and get to know them beyond the procedures and health issues that land them in a clinic or hospital.
by Emily Kaiser

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Oil patch: 200 new students in Minot schools

School officials in Minot say they're expecting at least 200 new students this fall. The city is on the edge of western North Dakota's oil boom, and it's been growing.

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Can journalism schools adapt to new media landscape?

Can journalism schools adapt to new media landscape?

A group of foundations that make grants to journalism education and innovation recently wrote an open letter asking journalism schools to blend more practice with scholarship.

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