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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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UMN says MN Supreme Court will review Tubby Smith lower-court ruling

Remember the legal flap over the Tubby Smith hiring dispute? This just came from the U: Minnesota Supreme Court grants university’s petition to review lower courts’ decisions in lawsuit brought by James Williams The University of Minnesota today received notice that the Minnesota Supreme Court has granted the university’s petition to review the lower courts’…
by Alex Friedrich

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Duluth schools superintendent works without license

State records show Duluth school district Superintendent I.V. Foster has been working in Minnesota without a license required for his job.

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What the state Office of Higher Education's new blog looks like

What the state Office of Higher Education's new blog looks like

There’s Big Tobacco, there’s Big Oil. Now there’s Big Ed — the new higher-education blog by the state Office of Higher Education. It has been online for about a month, so I thought I’d check in to see how it’s progressing. The opening post by the office’s director of communications, Sandy Connolly, states the blog…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Humphrey School fellows help fund their own jobs

Why Humphrey School fellows help fund their own jobs

The salaries and benefits of the school's 30-plus tenured and tenure-track faculty are funded by the school. But it's up to the Humphrey's 19 non-tenured faculty, fellows and research staff to raise some or practically all of the money -- through grants, donations and corporate sponsorships -- to support their own positions.

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What are YOU doing over winter vacation?

What are YOU doing over winter vacation?

I’m working during the holidays, so that means I’m looking for a few stories to cover.  With that in mind, I’d love to know what college students are doing during their winter break. Are you working to make a little extra money to cover tuition?  Any interesting jobs out there we should know about?  Maybe…
by Tim Post

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U of M president hopes business partnerships pay off

U of M president hopes business partnerships pay off

From the moment University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler took charge in September, he made establishing closer relationships with business and industry a priority.
by Tim Post

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The University of Minnesota's big push for more research funding

The University of Minnesota's big push for more research funding

Although the University of Minnesota’s research partnerships with industry have been fairly flat over the past few years, President Eric Kaler is on a campaign to give them a big boost, MPR’s Tim Post reports today. Part of the push was a recently announced — and well-received — change in policy in which the U…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Humphrey School fellows help fund their own jobs

// To fund programs in an era of tight finances, the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs is using a model that may be a bit unusual in the academic world of public policy: the self-funded fellow. The salaries and benefits of the school’s 30-plus tenured and tenure-track faculty are funded by the…
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