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Notes in the Margins: Mansions, training subsidies and conservative law profs

Private Sector Gets Job Skills; Public Gets Bill Critics suggest that state worker-training programs for new companies may not be in the best interest of workers if the resulting jobs pay low wages or simply disappear after a few years, leaving employees with narrow skills that do not help them land new positions. (The New York…
by Alex Friedrich

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Anoka-Hennepin's 'controversial topics' proposal draws more criticism

Anoka-Hennepin's 'controversial topics' proposal draws more criticism

Leaders of Minnesota's largest school district are still wrestling with whether to replace a controversial sexual orientation policy with a new policy that has also drawn plenty of criticism.
by Tom Weber

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U of M sues website operator for posting psych test online

The University of Minnesota is suing over alleged copyright violations by a website operator who posted a widely-used psychological test online.
by Madeleine Baran

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Northern Minnesota campuses create alliance

About 20 colleges and universities in northern Minnesota have formed an alliance to better meet needs in that part of the state.

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What some Mac education thinkers say about dual-credit programs

Joe Nathan, director of Macalester College‘s Center for School Change, tells MPR reporter Tom Weber why a law should be dropped that prevents colleges from advertising that Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) programs can save families lots in college tuition by having students take college classes while in high school. “We think families need to clearly…
by Alex Friedrich

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Minn. holds first-ever Indian education summit

The Minnesota Department of Education is holding a first-ever American Indian Education Summit aimed at reducing barriers facing the state's Indian students.

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A Lawlor handout on translating the liberal arts

As a follow-up to my previous post, here’s a handout that John Lawlor of The Lawlor Group handed out during a recent panel discussion on how to make the case for liberal arts.
by Alex Friedrich

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What a MN higher-ed consultant says about the liberal arts

Higher-education marketing executive John Lawlor of The Lawlor Group in Eden Prairie gives one reason colleges need to better explain the need for a liberal-arts education: Most people have a vague understanding of what “liberal arts” means, in the sense of well rounded, broad-based, etc. But some people are at the extreme of thinking it’s…
by Alex Friedrich

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More Minn. students earning college credit in high school

More Minn. students earning college credit in high school

The study by Macalester College's Center for School Change looked at students enrolling in 'dual credit' programs, which allow students to earn high school and college credit. Study authors are encouraging lawmakers to consider ways to continue boosting enrollment
by Tom Weber

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