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Education News

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.

When should experience trump a degree?

Having read about attempts to rejuvenate vocational training, Raymond, a counselor who helps disabled vets get education and training, wrote me about how too many higher-ed folks don’t give due credit to a person’s experience: “As someone who has successful experience in business, industry, and  instruction in both community colleges and technical colleges, I can…
by Alex Friedrich

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Reading scores up in Minnesota; math scores buffeted by test change

Reading scores up in Minnesota; math scores buffeted by test change

Test results from the state education department show a gain for Minnesota students in reading. It's harder to tell whether there's been a gain in math, because most students took a new, tougher test this year.
by Tom Weber

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How MnSCU and the Univ. of Minnesota might cooperate

How MnSCU and the Univ. of Minnesota might cooperate

We’ve all heard about how much the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system and the University of Minnesota want to work together under their new leaders, Steven Rosenstone and Eric Kaler. But how? Not too many details have been mentioned, but here’s what the Capitol bureau chief of The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead reports as…
by Alex Friedrich

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How one reader would like college rankings to change

MPR reader Jordan Lockman echoes some of the sentiments of University of Michigan higher education scholar Michael Bastedo when commenting on MPR’s Facebook question, Do rankings of colleges reflect the true performance and standing of an institution? “I would pay more attention to the rankings of individual programs inside different Universities. It would also be better if…
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The profits that 53 college football programs make

The profits that 53 college football programs make

I’ve often wondered where college football programs stood on the bottom line. In data released by Bloomberg, the University of Minnesota’s football program made an operating profit of $14.9 million in 2010. Its profit margin appears to rank in the bottom half of Big Ten universities surveyed by Bloomberg. Data for Penn State and Northwestern…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Grad rates, responsible conduct and the spending gap

Tales from the admissions office As an admissions officer at a university, the students I work with continually amaze me and help keep me going through the long, exhaustive admissions season. (USA Today) U.S. falls in global ranking of young adults who finish college America’s global rank in college completion among young adults is slipping, according to…
by Alex Friedrich

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What do the latest math and reading test results mean?

What do the latest math and reading test results mean?

Minnesota students' annual math and reading test scores are released Wednesday, and an education policy debate will follow. What should be done to improve reading and math achievement, and what are the most important priorities for schools this year?

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College administrators: Rankings can be problematic

College administrators: Rankings can be problematic

Flaws in the rankings' philosophy and methodology mean students who shoot for only the highest-ranked school they can reach are bound to be disappointed, higher education officials warn.

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College administrators: Rankings can be problematic

It’s college-rankings season in America — the time when when even the most patient college administrators roll their eyes. The release of the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, the most influential of them all, is a climax of sorts to a business that makes money off ranking schools by any number…
by Alex Friedrich

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Student loan defaults on the rise

Student loan defaults on the rise

The U.S. Department of Education released a report on Monday showing the default rate for federal student loans has increased, again. Among students who started paying back their loans between 2008 and 2009, 8.8 percent are in default,  that’s nearly 2 percent more than the year before. During that time the default rate for students at…
by Tim Post

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