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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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Our problem with the liberal arts

Here at the Summer Session, Beloit College President Emeritus Victor Ferrall, Jr., author of Liberal Arts at the Brink, is telling his audience that liberal arts colleges are in danger. They can’t seem to compete in an era where parents and students are being lured to more career-oriented programs, and can’t seem to convince them…
by Alex Friedrich

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At the Lawlor Group's Summer Seminar

I’ve been able to swing by the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis to catch a session or two of the Summer Seminar, a two-day conference on enrollment management put on by Hardwick-Day and The Lawlor Group. Some big speakers. I’ll post a few highlights when I get the chance, but you…
by Alex Friedrich

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Blogger: Univ. of Minnesota's Web site among ed world's best

Blogger: Univ. of Minnesota's Web site among ed world's best

The University of Minnesota’s Web site, which has just undergone a redesign, has been named among the World’s Best Well Designed 35 outstanding Educational Website Designs by WebDesignersBlog.com. (It’s #3.) You figure out how credible that blog is. I’m just throwing this out there to give you a quick look at the site and a…
by Alex Friedrich

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When Minnesota students looked like they meant business

When Minnesota students looked like they meant business

I love the 70s-era photos that the Minnesota State University Student Association has posted on its Facebook page under the title “Blast from the Past.” When you’re a student organization with constantly changing leadership, you’ve got to remember your roots — your victories and mistakes. But above all, you must remember not to repeat the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Budget commissioner's statement on MnSCU, shutdown

Below is a statement by the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) Commissioner Jim Schowalter on MnSCU and the potential government shutdown. Remember that MnSCU needs to free up money — tuition revenue and reserves funds — in accounts held by the state if it’s going to function through the shutdown. Here’s MPR reporter Tim Post’s…
by Alex Friedrich

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Veto of education bill leaves school integration funding in limbo

The Republican-led Legislature approved an education budget this spring that eliminates the funding for integration efforts altogether. But Gov. Dayton vetoed that bill, leaving the fate of the $100 million a year program uncertain.
by Tom Weber

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Notes in the Margins: Orientation, MBA rankings and redefining success

MBA Rankings: A Better Way Media rankings of MBA programs do a poor job of assessing quality. Three professors propose a rating system that allows users to define the terms. (Bloomberg Businessweek) Law Students Can Find Ways to Pay Off Debt For law students doing public interest work, take a look at state loan repayment…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU makes plans to cope with possible government shutdown

MnSCU makes plans to cope with possible government shutdown

Officials with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system say they're determined to offer classes to their students in the event of a state government shutdown, but that will depend on whether MnSCU has access to tuition revenue and reserve funds, money that's controlled by the state.
by Tim Post

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MnSCU may send 6,000 layoff notices on Friday

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system will send layoff notices to 6,000 employees Friday if it can't work out a deal to get access to its money in a state government shutdown.
by Chris Williams

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Could MnSCU use reserves during a state shutdown?

As with many breaking stories, MPR reporter Tim Post and I tweeted the goings-on at today’s emergency MnSCU board meeting on what it might do in a government shutdown. (You can find mine at @MPRAFriedrich.) He was there and is writing up a story on it, and here’s the main news, according to Post: Trustees…
by Alex Friedrich

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