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UMore mining deal set to go
Charles Muscoplat, president of UMore Development LLC, tells the Pioneer Press why finalizing its 40-year agreement for aggregate mining on the University of Minnesota’s UMore Park site in Rosemount and Empire Township is such a big deal: “This is a big step. We can start making money. It’s a big commercial opportunity for the university.…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.