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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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St. Paul magnet again at heart of district's struggle over race and achievement

St. Paul magnet again at heart of district's struggle over race and achievement

A struggling St. Paul elementary school that was once a beacon of racial integration and academic achievement hopes to re-invent itself again, this time taking a page from a successful Afrocentric charter school in north Minneapolis.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Why you save on college costs by getting hitched

Forget love and even green cards and in-state tuition. Paula Pant of AffordAnything.org explains on MSN Money why some students get married to save on their college education: An 18-year-old only child whose parents earn a combined $75,000 a year is classified as middle class and receives limited financial aid. … If that same 18-year-old…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's new at the U

What's new at the U

We give you a taste of New Student Orientation where incoming freshman and their parents will learn about University life, feature the beats of DJ Sovietpanda of Too Much Love as part of the Northrop Summer Concert Series and taste the ice cream at the Dairy Lab. If you’re not sure how to find the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Media, global recruitment and the Common App

Chancellors Can Lower Illegal Immigrant Tuition, Regents Told University of Wisconsin System officials said they can offer significant tuition breaks to illegal immigrants even if lawmakers approve provisions in the state budget designed to curtail that practice. (Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel) College group targets incentive payments for international student recruiters An influential college-admissions association is seeking…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU tuition expected to rise up to 5 percent

MnSCU tuition expected to rise up to 5 percent

Its proposed budget includes a maximum tuition rate increase of 4 percent for colleges and 5 percent for universities.

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Minneapolis' Cristo Rey graduates its first class with honors

Minneapolis' Cristo Rey graduates its first class with honors

More than half of the 60 graduates will go on to college. Minnesota's first Jesuit high school requires students work in the corporate world.
by Rupa Shenoy

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UMN Regent Sviggum wants more tough decisions in budget

UMN Regent Sviggum wants more tough decisions in budget

University of Minnesota president Robert Bruininks presented his 2012 budget to the board of regents today.  It’s provisional at this point.  The budget impasse at the Capitol means no one knows for sure how much the U will get in state aid next year. The budget assumes a big cut in future funding.  To make…
by Tim Post

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The comedy of grad student life — finally on film

The comedy of grad student life — finally on film

Remember that little comic I posted a while back from the Piled Higher and Deeper series on phdcomic.com? Looks like the strip has been made into a movie — though you’d have to arrange a screening at your campus. From the Web site: “Piled Higher and Deeper” The Movie is a live-action adaptation of the…
by Alex Friedrich

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