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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.

Mac prez: Norquist anti-tax pledge undemocratic

Macalester College President Brian Rosenberg, who occasionally comments on higher-ed issues in The Huffington Post, strays from matters academic and goes after Grover Norquist and the anti-tax pledge of his Americans for Tax Reform, which has been signed by many Repubican candidates for both state and national office: How prudent is it to take an…
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Notes in the Margins: Tenure, electric cars and a killer's suspension

College releases AZ suspect’s suspension records The community college that the Tucson shooting rampage suspect had attended released records Tuesday detailing a meeting over his suspension from the school just three months before the attack. (Associated Press via The Boston Globe) Vocationalism, Academic Freedom and Tenure The author of a recently published book takes the…
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Univ. of Minn. offering leaves of absence

Univ. of Minn. offering leaves of absence

The U is apparently instituting a voluntary leave of absence program to free up money during the state shutdown. I’ve got calls in to get details on this. For now, here are some details from what appears to be the application form: Due to the temporary suspension of funding caused by a potential or actual…
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Prof-blogger: MN pols get paid, students get shafted

So, irony of ironies, Republican legislators (who voted to pay themselves for work they have not accomplished) are making it impossible for students to get scholarship money which they have earned through academic achievement, military service, or in residual compensation from having been dispossessed from their land in the case of Native people.  But students…
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Court: U can discipline student for Facebook posts

“Who knew embalming lab was so cathartic! I still want to stab a certain someone in the throat with a trocar though.[4] Hmm..perhaps I will spend the evening updating my “Death List #5” and making friends with the crematory guy. I do know the code . . . . “Amanda Beth Tatro gets to play,…
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What full-time faculty earn at Minnesota's two-year colleges

Average annual salary, all faculty (in thousands) Institution Name All Men Women Alexandria Tech and CC 62.6 62.2 63.3 Anoka Tech C 60.9 60.9 60.9 Anoka-Ramsey CC 59.7 59.3 60.0 Central Lakes C 61.7 62.2 61.0 Century C 60.8 62.0 59.9 Dakota County Tech C 63.3 63.5 63.1 Fond du Lac Tribal and CC 59.4…
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Student who walked 95 miles to Capitol is MnSCU trustee

Student who walked 95 miles to Capitol is MnSCU trustee

One of the students who twice made a 95-mile trek from Minnesota State University – Mankato to the Capitol to boost political support for higher education has become a trustee of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system. Brett Anderson was appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton to a two-year term that expires June 30,…
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Who else is doing stem cell research?

Considering the anti-cloning amendment in this season’s now-rejected state budget — and the opposition by Minnesota’s bio-med sector and the University of Minnesota — I thought this list (which I’ve stumbled upon) might be of interest. ABC News got from the National Institutes of Health a list of institutions conducting stem cell research: Harvard Stem…
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Notes in the Margins: Iran, tweeted applications and vo-tech funding

Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off The evidence is overwhelming that college is a better investment for most graduates than in the past. A new study even shows that a bachelor’s degree pays off for jobs that don’t require one: secretaries, plumbers and cashiers. And, beyond money, education seems to make people happier and healthier. (The…
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Which Minnesota schools have had the highest percentage cost increases?

Which Minnesota schools have had the highest percentage cost increases?

Last week, we looked at the Minnesota colleges and universities that made the federal affordability lists of the country’s most- and least-expensive colleges in various categories. Now it looks at costs from a different angle: Whose tuition, fees and net price have gone up the most? Below are the four lists on which Minnesota schools…
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