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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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St. Louis Park schools closed due to asbestos issue

Deteriorating floor tiles are to blame for two school closures Monday in the St. Louis Park district.
by Tom Weber

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Arts exchange program brings Chinese, Minnesota students together

Arts exchange program brings Chinese, Minnesota students together

A group of high school students from China return home tomorrow, after two weeks of being part of student, civic and arts life in Minnesota.
by Gina Reis

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Minnesota faculty: How budget cuts are hitting students

Minnesota faculty: How budget cuts are hitting students

After putting out the call to faculty asking for insights on how budget cuts have hit their campuses, several have already reported on how they’re affecting students. In a nutshell: Larger classes, less support for students — and possibly lower four-year graduation rates to come. Gary Reineccius, head of the University of Minnesota’s department of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Taking another look at the U of M's presidential search

Internal documents from the University of Minnesota don’t show any violations of the state’s Open Meeting Law during the school’s recent presidential search.  But critics say the U’s board of regents violated the spirit of the law when they met privately with the final candidate for the job. Back in November the University of Minnesota…
by Tim Post

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St. Cloud State sees decrease in sexual assault reports

The number of reported fall semester sexual assaults at St. Cloud State University has dropped from 16 last faull to nine this past semester according to data kept by the university’s Women’s Center. The University Chronicle student paper writes that the statistics for reported assault were lower than most colleges with the same program, but…
by Alex Friedrich

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When enthusiasm and odd imagery combine at the U of Minnesota

When enthusiasm and odd imagery combine at the U of Minnesota

“It’s like our minds are wild lions, and this subject is a very unfortunate antelope.” — A master of the English language speaking somewhere in the University of Minnesota’s Bailey Hall. It’s just one of the many odd quotes published in the Minnesota Daily’s “Overheard Around Campus” feature — one of my guilty pleasures. (Careful,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why are Bemidji State and Northwest Technical retooling?

Why are Bemidji State and Northwest Technical retooling?

“We are in kind of uncharted territory, and that’s why campuses are trying to be as careful as they can, and why you do hear words like recalibration, re-engineering and so on. We’re really having to re-imagine the work we’re doing.” Scott Olson, interim vice chancellor for academic and student affairs for the Minnesota State…
by Alex Friedrich

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Iowa state bill would sell university's Pollock masterpiece

Iowa state bill would sell university's Pollock masterpiece

Sean O’Harrow, director of the University of Iowa’s art museum, reacts in Good Magazine to a state bill calling for the cash-strapped university to sell its internationally known Jackson Pollock work, Mural 1943, so it can establish a scholarship fund that would generate $5 million a year: “It’s like selling your grandmother. I don’t think…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: China, older students and grad-student debt

Student loan cut worries colleges Concerned about the possible expiration of a federal loan program for low-income students, Joseph E. Aoun, Northeastern University president, is leading a coalition of university presidents urging President Obama’s administration to protect the low-interest loans. (The Boston Globe) Recruiting in China Pays Off for U.S. Colleges Dozens of American colleges…
by Alex Friedrich

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How are budget cuts affecting your campus?

Considering the wave of budget-cut announcements at colleges and universities across the state over the last few months — including the report by MPR’s Tom Robertson today — we’re asking faculty, staff, administrators and students to let us know how it’s affecting the campus and classroom so far. Have they it hit you or someone…
by Alex Friedrich

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