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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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How hard is it for secular students to unite at Concordia?

Bjoern Kvernstuen, founder of the Secular Students of Concordia (SSC) student group, tells The Concordian why the group has applied a second time for recognition as an official Concordia College (Moorhead) student organization — a year after the college rejected its original application: “All we really want is a chance to get together, and for…
by Alex Friedrich

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The higher-ed chair's awkward cell phone call

A light moment at the hearing yesterday: Representatives were in the middle of a hot discussion of Republican-led budget cuts and tuition increases when Rep. Tom Rukavina (DFL-Virginia) asked a question of higher-ed committee chairman Bud Nornes, a Fergus Falls Republican. Nornes looked startled for a second, as he was apparently in the middle of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Goldy Gopher got punched in the face

Why Goldy Gopher got punched in the face

Ellen Sunshine tells the Minnesota Daily why Douglas Dokken, 60, punched Goldy twice after the University of Minnesota’s mascot was “messing with him” — tapping his shoulder and ruffling his hair at a gymnastics meet on Saturday: “I know Goldy is all in fun, but he did kind of overstep a little bit. The way…
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U of M looks to inventions for more revenue

U of M looks to inventions for more revenue

The U of M has seen a windfall of sorts over the last decade — $400 million dollars in royalties on worldwide sales of the AIDs drug Ziagen.  But that revenue will dry up when the U’s patent on the drug expires in 2013.  That means a loss of tens of millions of dollars a…
by Tim Post

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Concordia University chooses three prez finalists

Concordia University chooses three prez finalists

Concordia University – St. Paul Down to three Concordia University – St. Paul is down to three finalists for its presidency, the school has announced. The Rev. David Kluth will visit for interviews March 14-15, Donald Christian will be visit March 21-22, and the Rev. Thomas Ries will visit March 28-29. The Board of Regents…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: State budgets, military tuition and patent or perish

30 Jewish Studies Faculty Call on DA to Drop Charges Against Muslim Students at UCI In a striking act of interfaith solidarity, 30 Jewish studies faculty from seven campuses of the University of California have called on the Orange County district attorney to drop criminal charges against 11 Muslim students. The students have been charged with disrupting…
by Alex Friedrich

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Minn. GOP takes aim at teachers' bargaining power

Minn. GOP takes aim at teachers' bargaining power

As state lawmakers struggle to right Minnesota's finances this year, they're increasingly heading back to school -- specifically, to the people that work there. A series of measures introduced in recent weeks aims to reset the state's longstanding relationship with its public school teachers, and curb teachers' labor and political power.
by Tim Nelson

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St. Paul leaders back contentious school reform plan

St. Paul leaders back contentious school reform plan

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is lending his political power to a plan to reform the city's public schools. Superintendent Valeria Silva wants to focus resources on neighborhood schools, in part by reducing citywide busing to magnet schools.
by Sasha Aslanian

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The shifting senior citizen discount for higher education

The shifting senior citizen discount for higher education

A bill in the Minnesota Legislature would lower from 66 to 62 the age at which people are considered senior citizens -- and thus can get a huge discount on tuition.

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House committee: Tuition cap? Freeze? Neither?

The companion bill to Sen. John Carlson’s (R-Bemidji) tuition-freeze proposal hit the House higher ed committee today, causing Democrats to question both its constitutionality and effect on colleges and universities. Bill HF856, authored by committee member Bruce Vogel (R-Willmar) and seven other non-committee Republicans, would institute a two-year tuition freeze beginning July 1, but also…
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