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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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Sviggum makes his decision this weekend

Sviggum makes his decision this weekend

Steve Sviggum will take the weekend to decide which of one of his University of Minnesota jobs to resign in order to end concerns over a conflict of interest issue. Sviggum is a regent and an instructor at the U’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Sviggum told me this afternoon he’ll email a decision to…
by Tim Post

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Memorable statements from the House debate

They were snide, indignant or just plain aggressive — House legislators going back and forth this week on the various elements in their higher-education omnibus bill. Here are some of the more pointed (and sometimes funny) snippets that didn’t make it into my reporting. (They’re from my notes, so they’re not verbatim.) I just hope…
by Alex Friedrich

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Q & A with Minn. Department of Education testing chief

Q & A with Minn. Department of Education testing chief

Dirk Mattson, who oversees standardized testing and assessment for the Minnesota Department of Education, joined MPR's Tom Crann to talk more about the new standardized testing.
by Tom Crann

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Paper: Anti-cloning legislation would damage research

The St. Cloud Times chimes in on the debate over the anti-cloning initiatives by the House and Senate, saying they’ll damage the state’s research potential — and the economic benefits of it: The measure …  turns highly educated, well-compensated scientists into potential criminals if they pursue developing cutting-edge cellular medical treatments in Minnesota. … Have…
by Alex Friedrich

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Court dismisses Turkish blacklist case

Court dismisses Turkish blacklist case

A U.S. district court has dismissed a Turkish group’s lawsuit filed against the University of Minnesota over how the U portrayed its Website, the Minnesota Daily reports. The Turkish Coalition of America had claimed the U’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies was blacklisting its Web site by calling it an “unreliable” site for research…
by Alex Friedrich

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Regent/instructor Sviggum pondering future

Regent/instructor Sviggum pondering future

MPR Photo / Tim Pugmire Decisions, decisions. Now that the University of Minnesota Board of Regents has ruled that recently appointed trustee Steve Sviggum faces a conflict of interest if he remains both regent and Humphrey School instructor, Sviggum has a choice to make, MPR’s Tim Post reports. We should hear within a few days…
by Alex Friedrich

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3 semifinalists for Century College presidency

3 semifinalists for Century College presidency

Just got this (edited) announcement from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system HQ:: Three semifinalists named for Century College presidency The names of three semifinalists for president of Century College in White Bear Lake have been submitted to Chancellor James H. McCormick: Ronald Anderson, vice president of academic affairs at Century College; Rassoul…
by Alex Friedrich

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My quick look at MN higher-ed cuts and legislation

In case you missed it yesterday morning. I’m talking cuts, cloning and the chancellor’s salary.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Spare time, church-and-state, Mac vs. PC

California community colleges to slash enrollment, classes With state budget talks halted, the 112-campus system faces an $800-million cut in funding for the coming school year. The system may have to enroll 400,000 fewer students. Chancellor Jack Scott calls the situation a tragedy for students. (Los Angeles Times) Admission rate tightens at Harvard, Stanford, Princeton…
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