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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.

Notes in the Margins: Digital badges, the new activism and curbs on aid

The New Student Activism Occupy-related student protests stand apart from much of the campus activism that has come before. (The New York Times) Business schools braced for sharp decline in MBA students The Financial Times reports that, on the 16 full-time MBA programmes participating in its 2012 rankings, enrolment of overseas students is down 10 per cent on this…
by Alex Friedrich

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Gay and lesbian issues on tap at Minn. bullying summit

Gay and lesbian issues on tap at Minn. bullying summit

Organizers of an anti-bullying summit in St. Paul Friday say they're glad the issue is getting wider attention, but schools still have more to do.
by Tom Weber

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What some students are saying about MnSCU's transfer report

Earlier this week, when MnSCU rolled out the report it’ll give the legislature on how smoothly students are able to transfer schools, it touted the statistic that: “… 91 percent of students who transfer within the system do so successfully without experiencing any problems.” (See the executive summary and pg. 7) But Associate Director Jessica…
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What the MnSCU CFO told pols about retirement payouts

Here’s the full text of MnSCU CFO Laura King testimony at yesterday’s legislative subcommittee hearing on MnSCU sick pay and vacation payouts to retiring employees. If you know MnSCU, you can skip the first couple of pages and focus on the retirement issue.
by Alex Friedrich

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What Sen. Parry wrote MnSCU Chancellor Rosenstone

Here’s a copy of Sen. Mike Parry’s letter that I referred to in yesterday’s post on the hearing over MnSCU’s retirement payouts.
by Alex Friedrich

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University of Minnesota to join e-book bulk purchase pilot project

University of Minnesota to join e-book bulk purchase pilot project

UW-Madison spokesman Brian Rust tells the Wisconsin State Journal why Madison and five other universities — including the University of Minnesota — are buying electronic textbooks in bulk to lower prices in a pilot project starting this semester: “We’re hoping it will not only make texts more accessible in terms of being on a number…
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Strib: UMN regent Sviggum needs to give up one job

A Star Tribune editorial gives an example of why University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum faces a conflict of interest as long as he remains spokesman for the state Senate Republican Caucus: Sviggum’s new job binds him to the legislative branch. As a Senate employee, he is beholden to his bosses. He will be obliged…
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Notes in the Margins: Black students, the college racket and the 1 percent

What the Top 1% of Earners Majored In According to the Census Bureau’s 2010 American Community Survey, the majors that give you the best chance of reaching the 1 percent are pre-med, economics, biochemistry, zoology and, yes, biology, in that order. (The New York Times) A Free College Education For All We are on the cusp of…
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Anoka-Hennepin board scraps 'controversial topics' proposal

Anoka-Hennepin board scraps 'controversial topics' proposal

The Anoka-Hennepin school board is scrapping its plan for replacing a policy on sexual orientation curriculum matters.
by Tom Weber

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What legislators said today about MnSCU's retirement payouts

What legislators said today about MnSCU's retirement payouts

There apparently aren’t too many things that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system CFO Laura King and faculty union rep Russ Stanton agree on. But this afternoon it was this: That MnSCU really isn’t being extravagant in the amount of money paid out in unused sick pay and vacation to retiring MnSCU employees —…
by Alex Friedrich

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