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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.

Greatest Minnesota higher-ed headline ever?

From a press release by the University of Minnesota‘s College of Science and Engineering and the U’s news service: Researchers discover that giant space blob glows from within  
by Alex Friedrich

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Why St. Cloud's Move-In Weekend may be a tad more complicated this year

Why St. Cloud's Move-In Weekend may be a tad more complicated this year

St. Cloud State University has announced that the city’s new traffic roundabout  — located at University Drive and Fifth Avenue South — will still be under construction during Move-In Weekend, which starts Saturday. This weekend, the university states, is “one of the busiest traffic periods in the St. Cloud State academic year.” Ouch. Let’s wish…
by Alex Friedrich

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University of Minnesota dean: Tenure — Use it or lose it

University of Minnesota dean: Tenure — Use it or lose it

University of Minnesota College of Design Dean Thomas Fisher explains in The Huffington Post what faculty must do to keep public support for tenure, a perk that is coming under fire in these tight financial times: “Drawing attention to the public benefit that tenure provides seems essential at a time when some will want to…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Wiccans, eBooks and the Miami athletics scandal

Wiccan days included on Tenn. university calendar Wiccan and pagan students at Vanderbilt University might get to take an excused day off from class to dance around the maypole. (USA Today) Women See Value and Benefits of College; Men Lag on Both Fronts At a time when women surpass men by record numbers in college…
by Alex Friedrich

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Minn. ed commissioner wants ACT to be an even higher-stakes test

The state's education commissioner says she's exploring ways to make the ACT college entrance exam even higher-stakes for Minnesota students than it already is.
by Tom Weber

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Police: Mayo HS teen brought gun to campus

Police say a parent helper at the school spotted the gun and told a liaison officer who confronted the boy outside the building.

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Why the GOP won't be recruiting at Mac anytime soon

Why the GOP won't be recruiting at Mac anytime soon

As if anyone here didn’t know it already, Macalester College topped the Princeton Review list of the country’s most liberal colleges, The Huffington Post reports. So far, Macalester has been called “trendy” and nerdy, as well as among the least religious, among other things. I’ll try to look at the full Princeton rankings at some…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Univ. of Minnesota custodians are upset

Why Univ. of Minnesota custodians are upset

“It is absolutely going to destroy that pride that people have in an area.” — Sue Mauren, principal officer for the Teamsters union representing University of Minnesota custodians. The union says the U’s shuffling of custodial duties — designed as an efficiency measure in a period of less staffing —  will hurt efficiency, and that…
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China looks to model hip-hop program at St. Paul college

China looks to model hip-hop program at St. Paul college

The hip-hop program at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul is the only one like it in the U.S. But soon there could be one like it in China.
by Jessica Mador

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