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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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A little background on the UMN regent Sviggum case

A little background on the UMN regent Sviggum case

After University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum resigned over concerns that he suffered a conflict of interest by holding his GOP Senate caucus staff job, MinnPost put up a background piece to answer a reader’s question: Just who are the regents and why do we have them? Who picks them? Is it true their ranks…
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Notes in the Margins: Arrest records, graduation math and the corporate university

80 Percent Of Bankruptcy Lawyers Report A ‘Substantial Increase’ In Clients Buried By Student  Loan Debt A report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed that the total balance of student loans in the U.S. has reached $870 billion, while 27 percent of student loan borrowers are at least 30 days behind on their…
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Educating inmates: Is it worth it?

Educating inmates: Is it worth it?

Education for prison inmates has been shown to reduce recidivism rates, but funding for such programs is increasingly hard to secure. Is higher education something that should be available to prisoners when it's so hard to come by for the general population?

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Stafford student loan rate set to double in July

Millions of college students could be in for a shock this summer. The interest rate on a popular federally subsidized student loan doubles in July unless Congress acts.

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Just how valuable are backpacks at MCTC?

Just how valuable are backpacks at MCTC?

City College News, the student paper of Minneapolis Community and Technical College, says it conducted a survey and found that the average student backpack contains more than $500 worth of stuff. That’s … more than I can remember carrying in college. Read the full story on campus security here.  
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Wisconsin Assembly to take up sex ed bill

The state Assembly is scheduled to vote on the bill Tuesday. The legislation would stress abstinence education.

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So is chemistry a marketable degree or not?

So is chemistry a marketable degree or not?

Last week I wrote about the conflicting signals that students must be receiving about what to major in, considering the fluctuating job market. One of the surprising bits was that recent data shows chemistry is a clunker of a degree. That flies in the face of all the STEM hype that we’ve been reading. So…
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Notes in the Margins: China, Republicans and the prestige chase

Exodus to overseas universities rises Applicants for overseas universities continued to rise in Shanghai last year, due to locals’ desire for an international education and lower cost brought by the yuan’s appreciation. (People’s Daily via NAICU) Opinion: Why my Facebook is better than your Facebook Being yourself is quite important in the social networking sphere and it turns out it can also be quite beneficial in terms of prospective employment. At least that’s the idea behind a new study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology from the…
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Greenfield girl going to national spelling bee

A homeschooled 12-year-old from Greenfield will represent Minnesota at the national spelling bee in Washington, D.C. in May.

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UMN prof says stem-cell firm is pressuring U over letter to FDA

UMN prof says stem-cell firm is pressuring U over letter to FDA

“…I am hopeful that the (university) will see my letter to the FDA as a legitimate effort to request an FDA investigation of Celltex and RNL Bio. It appears that Celltex has no regard for freedom of speech, academic freedom, or the legitimate concerns I identify in my letter to the FDA. I see nothing…
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