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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.

Should prison inmates have a shot at higher education?

Should prison inmates have a shot at higher education?

“I can understand the idea that people think it’s unfair for people in prison to get an education. It plays into the ‘either/or’ thinking about punishment: anything that is good for prisoners can’t be good for the rest of us. But that’s not true.” — Joshua Page, assistant professor of sociology at the University of…
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House GOP approves payment to schools

House GOP approves payment to schools

Republicans in the Minnesota House have passed their plan to dip into the state's rainy day fund to repay some of the money owed to public schools.
by Tim Pugmire

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Notes in the Margins: Boomerang kids, MBAs and college assessment anxiety

Boomerang kids don’t mind their roommates — err, parents Over the last few years, 29-percent of those between the ages of 25 and 34 have at some point moved back in with their parents, often because of the economy, according to a Pew report released Thursday. The vast majority said they were satisfied with the set-up and…
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UST law school apologizes for faulty rankings data

UST law school apologizes for faulty rankings data

The University of St. Thomas is apologizing on its Web site for giving incorrect grad-employment data to U.S. News and World Report, which released its rankings earlier this week.

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Are college students starting to avoid Wall Street?

Are college students starting to avoid Wall Street?

University of Minnesota associate professor of anthropology Karen Ho, suggests in The New York Times why Wall Street seems to be having a harder time recruiting students: “Everything from Occupy Wall Street to larger critical discourses of ‘fat cats,’ all of that has had some trickle-down effect” to young people. Read the full story here.
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St. Thomas law school apologizes for faulty rankings data

The University of St. Thomas is apologizing on its Web site for giving incorrect grad-employment data to U.S. News and World Report, which released its rankings earlier this week. It says it caught the error itself: It has come to our attention that U.S. News published an inaccurate employment at graduation statistic for the UST…
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Should MN colleges require computer-skill placement tests?

Should MN colleges require computer-skill placement tests?

A commentary in City College News, the student paper of Minneapolis Community and Technical College, says the college needs to assess students’ computer skills before they start taking classes. It argues they need to overcome any technology gap stemming from their age, income or culture if they are to succeed in their studies: … Older…
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Notes in the Margins: Race, contraception and two-tier pricing

Help for Student Borrowers Under a new initiative, the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is providing one-stop shopping for complaints on billing and collection disputes, and financial institutions will have to resolve complaints within 60 days. (The New York Times) Santa Monica College to offer two-tier course pricing The school’s governing board has approved a plan to offer…
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Should Minnesota public colleges prioritize fixing or building?

Should Minnesota public colleges prioritize fixing or building?

I’ve just done a piece on an interesting discussion going around the legislature’s higher-ed circles about what to do with the limited money that the state has for campus improvements to state-run colleges and universities (including the U). The main issue: Do we spend it on the huge backlog of maintenance and repair projects? Or…
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The political rhetoric that irritates Eric Kaler

The political rhetoric that irritates Eric Kaler

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler tells The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead what he thinks of politicians’ criticism of higher education, its perceived bias and its cost: “I think that’s probably some of the most dangerous demagoguery out there. I don’t know any problem that is better tackled by having less-educated people work on it.” He…
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