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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.

Capella University: Feds took some of our advice

Just got this e-mailed reaction from Capella University — a Minneapolis for-profit institution focusing on graduate education — regarding today’s release of the gainful employment rules for for-profit schools: “While we are still in the process of carefully reviewing the new gainful employment regulations to assess the impact they will have on our programs and…
by Alex Friedrich

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Kline: Gainful-employment rules to have harmful impact

Kline: Gainful-employment rules to have harmful impact

This just came in from the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee, which is chaired by our own Republican Rep. John Kline. (You may remember, he couldn’t manage to block the rules after some hard lobbying and campaign contributions.) In this e-mailed statement, he expresses “serious concerns” with the Department of Education’s final gainful employment…
by Alex Friedrich

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6 words of advice for the Class of 2011

We’re on that commencement roll. MPR’s Today’s Question gives you a chance to chime in (in a way) on today’s Midmorning program on commencement speakers, which had listeners offer their words of wisdom for the Class of 2011. The question: What message would you give the class of 2011, if you had only six words…
by Alex Friedrich

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What makes a great graduation speech?

It’s graduation time, and today MPR’s Midmorning took a look at some of the best commencement speeches — and what makes them great. In her intro, host Kerri Miller complained: “So many of them are so darn boring. I can’t remember mine.” But she said she and her guests would be exploring some of the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Gainful employment rules at a glance

They’re finally in — due out later today. This from the Associated Press: The Department of Education has finalized terms of its “gainful employment” rule for higher education programs. If graduates owe too much relative to their income, or too few former students are paying back their tuition loans in a timely manner, school programs…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: For-profit rules, ROTC and MBA jobs

Big student debt could limit schools’ aid access The government is moving forward with its crackdown on the country’s for-profit schools, aiming to protect students from taking on too much debt to attend schools that do nothing for their job prospects. (The Boston Globe) Once A Campus Outcast, ROTC Is Booming At Universities Helped by…
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Two Minnesotans advance to Spelling Bee semis

Fourteen-year-old Anja Beth Swoap from Edina and 13-year-old Connor Gunsbury from Nisswa are among 41 youngsters advancing to Thursday morning's semifinals.

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U of M's Humphrey School names new dean

U of M's Humphrey School names new dean

A U.S. State Department official has been named the new dean of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
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What makes a great commencement address?

What makes a great commencement address?

It's graduation season, a time when students and their families celebrate proud achievements. But as everyone sits through ceremonies, will the commencement address connect and make a lasting impact?

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