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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.

Notes in the Margins: Farming, recruiting and secular studies

Farming attracts academically diverse students Students with the knowledge and passion for farming are more academically diverse than ever before. (USA Today) The Value Of College: Earnings Tied To Major, Degrees Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce released the study, titled “The College Payoff.” It found that earnings increase with education and that…
by Alex Friedrich

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Feds cut loan subsidies for grad students

The debt ceiling deal in Washington included a provision to cut funding for many graduate students.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alex Friedrich

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A reason I love covering Minnesota higher ed

Because I receive press releases like this one: NEWS DIRECTORS, EDITORS: Eight Barbie dolls will bungee-jump for better education at 1 p.m. today in the food court of Centennial Student Union, Minnesota State Mankato.
by Alex Friedrich

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Bethel to expand into Arden Hills Library site

Bethel to expand into Arden Hills Library site

Bethel University has announced it’s buying the 3.5-acre site of the former Arden Hills Library from Ramsey County for somewhere between $450,000 and $580,000. The university says it needs the space, and that the new location is less than a mile from campus. Bethel may work with the Minnesota Iowa Baptist Conference, located next to…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Hamline is showing its new students

What Hamline is showing its new students

Here’s the latest student-made orientation music video from Hamline University — its take on Journey’s Any Way You Want It. (You mean the kids chose my generation’s music?) Cheesy but fun. What other Minnesota colleges have videos like this? I’d like to see them. Here are Hamline’s past vids: Party in the USA by Miley…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why friends shouldn't advise friends on admissions

“Gina suggested Yale? Because of the Theater Department? Funny to hear that. No, no, it’s fine. Of course your Alphonse should consider Yale. I heard he was lovely in House of Blue Leaves last year. But didn’t he have panic attacks? Oops, she probably didn’t mean for me to let you know she’s shared that.…
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Notes in the Margins: Tours, race and religion

Competing for students, colleges turn to tours to seal the deal In an online world where details about thousands of colleges are as close as a computer keyboard, the old-fashioned, on-foot campus tour has assumed paramount importance. (Philadelphia Inquirer via NAICU) The Student Loan Ranger: PSLF The ins and outs of Public Service Loan Forgiveness.…
by Alex Friedrich

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How much more MN grad students will pay for loans

How much more MN grad students will pay for loans

We’ve all probably heard about how Pell Grants — the main federal need-based financial aid source for undergraduate students — have been spared in the recent debt deal. But graduate students are paying the price. To pay to keep the Pells, the feds have eliminated the subsidy on federal student loans for graduate students. (The…
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Why 2 sides in Winona's housing talk are irritated

Why 2 sides in Winona's housing talk are irritated

As the Winona city debate simmers over how to handle student housing — including Winona State’s proposed “theme” housing — the Winona Post writes about some of the frustration that residents and university officials feel. From the residents’ side: Natalie Siderius, speaking on behalf of the Neighborhood Association, said the group is frustrated by inaction…
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