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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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For-profit colleges spending more, battling critics

For-profit colleges spending more, battling critics

The for-profit-college sector has been ratcheting up its battle against government regulation, CNN reports. One of its most recent targets: Steve Eisman, a well-known short-selling investor who has been harshly criticizing the sector. Two groups suspect Eisman has been exploiting close ties to Department of Education officials to influence the agency’s regulation of the sector,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Rosenstone's leave from the University of Minnesota is unpaid

After reading the contract for incoming MnSCU Chancellor Steven Rosenstone, I was a little curious about his ability to be on leave of absence from his tenured faculty position at the University of Minnesota. I wasn’t sure whether he’d be getting any sort of pay or accrued benefits from the U during his time away.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Mac president: Why state higher-ed defunding hurts even me

I am the president of a highly selective private college that is actually benefiting from the de-funding of public higher education. As more and more families question the value proposition of once-stellar public institutions, we are seeing a surge in applicants whom we are unable, as a small college, to accommodate. Many of these are…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Admissions, STEM standards and a conduct code

In Private School Admissions, a Firm Creates Fans and Skeptics A company in Manhattan that advertises the services of schools’ current employees or board members could be leveling the field — or contributing to the admissions frenzy. (The New York Times) Poll: Youth without degrees at end of job line The nation’s economic upheaval has…
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Why some students chafe under Carleton's Northfield Option

Why some students chafe under Carleton's Northfield Option

“Dorms suck. I think it’s really important for students to experience dorm-life, but the experience should be limited. It’s really important to be able to experience living off-campus, where I have to find an apartment, and figure out the logistics behind paying rent and being indebted to someone besides the school.” — University of Chicago…
by Alex Friedrich

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Mpls. police find author of suspicious Facebook post

Investigators have located the woman who posted a suspicious Facebook message that prompted a lockdown at a central Minnesota school district Wednesday.

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Contract for MnSCU Chancellor Steven Rosenstone

Here’s the three-year contract for MnSCU Chancellor-Elect Steven Rosenstone for you to check out. It begins Aug. 1. Highlights are below, then comes the original document. Here are what the highlights seem to be: $360,000 base pay; Up to $50,000 in annual performance pay; Up to $3,000-per-month housing allowance; $1,000-per-month transportation and “communication” allowance; $833-per-month…
by Alex Friedrich

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Colleges courting students ahead of May 1 commitment deadline

If you’ve got a college-bound high schooler in the house, I bet your phone has been ringing off the hook lately.  That’s because colleges are pushing hard to get students they’ve accepted to follow through and enroll. It turns out schools are getting more aggressive as they court students.  Here’s the story I did for…
by Tim Post

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MSU-Mankato prez won't approve student-endorsed athletic fee increase

MSU-Mankato prez won't approve student-endorsed athletic fee increase

For those of you keeping up with the student-fee-hike-for-athletics situation at Minnesota State University -Mankato, there’s an interesting twist. Last week, Minnesota State University – Mankato students voted in a referendum to raise their student fees by 75 cents a credit (up to $11.25 a semester) to save four sports from budget-related elimination: men’s swimming, women’s…
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