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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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Why MCTC students are spending more on food

Why MCTC students are spending more on food

Gregory Johnson via Flickr More eats Minneapolis Community and Technical College officials say student spending on food there is up 14 percent compared to last year’s level — even despite the bad economy, the student newspaper City College News reports. Looks like the number of sales are higher, as well as the size of each…
by Alex Friedrich

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Boomerang loans

As a parent of a 25-year-old college graduate, I feel fortunate that I have not experienced the boomerang kid phenomenon. (Hey, I love the kid, but I don’t need him in the house full time.) After reading this item over at MPR’s MinnEcon blog, I now feel equally fortunate that I have not had his…
by Bill Wareham

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Whose university is the Univ. of Minnesota?

Whose university is the Univ. of Minnesota?

Today the students behind this film project on diversity at the University of Minnesota are holding a day-long series of seminars at Coffman Memorial Union. An e-mail from spokeswomen Sofia Shank and Hana Worku said their main beefs are about admissions requirements, the consolidation of student cultural centers, and the potential restructuring/reduction of ethnic studies…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Health care, computers and study abroad

Coping with health care reform’s provisions and ever-changing rules Officials at many colleges and universities are sitting on the sidelines of health care reform, not making any major changes to their health plans because they expect many aspects of the law to be reviewed, revised, or repealed. (University Business) At more colleges, computers are replacing…
by Alex Friedrich

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Minnesotans' comments on the cost vs. benefits of college

Early this morning I posted link to MPR’s Question of the Day: When does a college education no longer seem worth the cost? I’ve sifted through the responses to bring you just a few: From Brooke, who sees the question as a fundamental one: This is the simple question that high school juniors should be…
by Alex Friedrich

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MSU-Mankato fee vote saves four sports from elimination

MSU-Mankato fee vote saves four sports from elimination

Students at another Minnesota state university have approved a referendum that would raise their fees to save some sports programs. Last week, 55 percent of voting Minnesota State University – Mankato students chose to raise their student fees by up to $11.25 a semester to save men’s swimming, women’s bowling and men’s and women’s tennis,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Mankato's underrated writing program

Mankato's underrated writing program

xavierla via Flickr Better writers than you might think Minnesota State University – Mankato has made Huffington Post blogger Seth Abramson’s list of the Top 25 Most Underrated Creative Writing MFA programs for this upcoming school year. They’re not the “very best” programs, he said (at least not yet), but would be good choices for…
by Alex Friedrich

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St. Olaf's Twitter account has an impersonator

St. Olaf's Twitter account has an impersonator

I read this article yesterday about how college presidents around the country were being impersonated on Twitter. (It’s in my link roundup today.) People apparently create accounts — often satirical accounts — with a president’s name and then post snarky or goofy (and sometimes serious) comments. Then, while writing about St. Olaf College yesterday, I…
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When does a college education no longer seem worth the cost?

When does a college education no longer seem worth the cost?

Today, MPR asks the question: When does a college education no longer seem worth the cost? (Background: Last year, two-thirds of students who earned bachelor’s degrees graduated in debt. And total student-loan debt surpassed total credit card debt for the first time.) We’d like to hear from you, so feel free to chime in here.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Gays, impersonations and alumni dating

College presidents around USA impersonated on Twitter If using Twitter makes college presidents more personable, it also makes them easier to impersonate. (USA Today) Even on Religious Campuses, Students Fight for Gay Identity Decades after the gay rights movement swept secular schools, more gays and lesbians are coming out at Christian colleges but are running…
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