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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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Notes in the Margins: Grad students, UK visas and female MBAs

Chaos, emotion and new beginnings: It’s move-in day at the dorms The hectic melee of moving, unpacking, arranging the room and meeting the roommate doesn’t distract parents or students from the weight of this day. When all is in order, a nervous, excited calm sets in. (Los Angeles Times) Teaching Aids Research Skills of Grad Students,…
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Where on campus is this?

Where on campus is this?

Know what this is? The University of Minnesota’s Alumni Association has posted it on Twitter via Ow.ly and will name its location later today. Update: The location is apparently the Pillsbury Hall Rock Garden. 
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For those who think fluffy humanities classes are a waste

Apple cofounder Steve Jobs on how his Reed College calligraphy class — a froofy, outdated subject, eh? — was key to Apple’s Mac computer: Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had…
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Documentary: What to do about America's college drop-out problem

Documentary: What to do about America's college drop-out problem

American RadioWorks, the esteemed documentary arm of MPR’s parent company, has a great new audio and Web series out called “Tomorrow’s College,” and has just released the first installment, “Some College, No Degree.” Its intro: Why So Many Americans Drop Out of College, and What to Do About It More people are going to college…
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South Central College to state: Work out a fair funding system

“We wouldn’t have mechatronics if we relied on state funding.” — South Central College President Keith Stover on how the college relied on local industry to get its successful program — in which practically all graduates go job offers last year — off the ground. Stover and other local officials recently complained at a town…
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MnSCU angers unions again with McCormick's performance pay

MnSCU angers unions again with McCormick's performance pay

“It’s just reprehensible. These are times of shared sacrifice. And this isn’t shared sacrifice by upper management and the MnSCU board.” — Richard Kolodziejski, legislative affairs director for the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, to the Pioneer Press on the decision by trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system to award former…
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Notes in the Margins: Hispanics, LGBT questions and Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene prompts colleges to change move-in plans Hurricane Irene is churning its way up the coast, and although it’s still several hundred miles away, everyone is preparing for a stormy weekend with heavy rain. Not exactly ideal move-in weather. And in anticipation of the storm, a few colleges have already changed plans. (The Washington Post) Suburban College…
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Some College, No Degree

Some College, No Degree

More people are going to college than ever before. But in the United States, about half the people who start don't finish. In an economy that increasingly demands workers with knowledge and skills, many college dropouts are being left behind.

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Some College, No Degree

Some College, No Degree

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