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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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MnSCU trustees OK budget with tuition increases

MnSCU trustees OK budget with tuition increases

The governing body of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system approved a nearly $2 billion budget Wednesday that will raise tuition for students.
by Tim Post

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St. Paul schools to cut more than 300 positions

The St. Paul school board has voted to eliminate more than 300 positions to balance next year's budget.
by Tom Weber

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MnSCU board approves 2012 budget

The board of trustees for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system approved a budget for 2012 today.  It contains a tuition increase for students. For community college students, it’s a 3.7 percent increase, on average that’s $186 more than this year. Tuition at MnSCU’s community and technical colleges now averages $5,171. At MnSCU’s seven universities,…
by Tim Post

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MnSCU board votes on 2012 budget this afternoon

MnSCU board votes on 2012 budget this afternoon

The board of trustees at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system votes on a 2012 budget this afternoon. Because of the budget impasse at the Capitol, MnSCU isn’t sure how much money it will get from the state next year.  So MnSCU bean counters have made some assumptions in order to put together a…
by Tim Post

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Notes in the Margins: Ipads, low grad rates and Pell Grants

Is the iPad Ready To Replace the Printed Textbook? After trying out the Apple iPad about three weeks–three out of four college freshmen at one Texas university said they’d be willing to purchase an Apple iPad if at least half of the textbooks they used during their college career were available digitally. (Campus Technology) Should Colleges Tell…
by Tim Post

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Creating a balance between technology and nature

Creating a balance between technology and nature

Author and journalist Richard Louv speaks at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum about his new book, "The Nature Principle." Louv started a movement to help children reconnect with nature and coined the term "nature deficit-disorder" in his best-selling book, "Last Child in the Woods."

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State confirms MnSCU can operate during shutdown, 6,000 layoff notices rescinded

This news release just came in from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities headquarters in St. Paul. Layoff notices to more than 6,000 employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system are being rescinded and classes will continue July 1 in the event of a government shutdown, officials said Monday. “We are grateful that…
by Tim Post

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Living in a college library — desperation or a stunt?

Living in a college library — desperation or a stunt?

Remember Steve Stanzak, a.k.a. “Bobst Boy,” who in 2004 as a New York University sophomore spent the year in the university’s Bobst Library? He’s got a copycat — or a wannabe, however you want to look at it. New York University rising sophomore Taylor Myers recently spent five days there and made a student movie…
by Alex Friedrich

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