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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.

How some UM-Duluth medical faculty are irritating students

“As a student it’s really frustrating to hear. Because it’s like, ‘I thought you were here to help me learn.” — Jamie Totman, vice president of the second-year class at the University of Minnesota – Duluth‘s medical school, on the decision by some faculty not to allow their lectures to be recorded despite the U’s…
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Infographic: Why increasing community college grad rates is important

Infographic: Why increasing community college grad rates is important

You may have noticed this in the source material for yesterday’s piece by The Wall Street Journal on the fact that six in 10 community college students in the New York area drop out.
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What a Wisconsin prof thought about RateMyProfessors.com

“Students who use RateMyProfessors.com are likely providing each other with useful information about quality of instruction.” — UW-Eau Claire associate professor April Bleske-Rechek and student Amber Fritsch in the journal Practical Assessment Research & Evaluation on a study they recently conducted of the controversial collegiate Web site. They cautioned, however, against basing promotions on the scores. Read…
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Notes in the Margins: Band lyrics, pepper spray and a work-centered culture

Americans Need More Work And Less College If the United States is really serious about competing with the work-centered countries of Asia, the key lies not in more government programs, but in restoring America’s own work-centered culture. The first step toward accomplishing this is to end the over-subsidization of higher education, which creates incentives for many…
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How MCAD's Coogan sees his school, students and the future

How MCAD's Coogan sees his school, students and the future

As part of my wrap-up of a day spent at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, I chatted with President Jay Coogan. He’s a sculptor, and came to MCAD from the Rhode Island School of Design. And having come from New England, he’s no stranger to cold winters. Here are some highlights from our…
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How the Tommie yearbook will change again

“(It was) sort of an awkward spot going from having a book to having a little bit of an awkward website to what we’re going to try to do now.” — University of St. Thomas sophomore and lead yearbook photographer Alex Rollins on how the Aquinas yearbook went digital last year. Read the full story…
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How Moorhead's school spirit differs from that of Russian universities

How Moorhead's school spirit differs from that of Russian universities

“I am impressed by how much your students really love the university and how patriotic their behavior is toward the university. We can see the emblem of the Dragon practically everywhere. It’s within the community. It’s about students who take pride in their university.” — Russian NGO official Aleksandr Bryukhanov in The Advocate after touring…
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Notes in the Margins: Income, lawyering and quitting community colleges

College graduation rates: Income really matters: It’s getting more difficult for low-income students to climb the economic ladder as the college graduation gap between the rich and poor grows. (CNN) Occupied by fear  The occupation of the lecture theatre should remind us academics of the pre-occupation that drew us to the university. Today we need not simply…
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Penn St, Syracuse cases put other schools on guard

Penn St, Syracuse cases put other schools on guard

First Penn State. Now Syracuse. Concerned that allegations of child sex abuse in two big college sports programs could trigger more cases around the country, universities are urging employees to reread their school's reporting policies, while more closely scrutinizing the people who work in their athletic departments.

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A tour of Eastcliff, home of the U of M president

A tour of Eastcliff, home of the U of M president

The president of the University of Minnesota lives in Eastcliff, the official residence of the school's leader. The current occupants are U of M president Eric Kaler and his wife Karen, who moved in this summer. Members of the media took a tour of the residence on Friday, and MPR's Tim Post was one of those who got a peek inside.

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