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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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Breakdown of higher-ed elements of Dayton's bonding bill

Just got this list of projects, so I thought I’d hand it over to you in its raw form. Amounts should be in thousands, putting each into the millions. Again, MPR’s Tom Scheck reports that Dayton’s plan includes $226 million for higher education and a $51 million for a new physics and nanotechnology building at…
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How the Twin Cities stack up against other literate communities

How the Twin Cities stack up against other literate communities

Minneapolis (#3) and St. Paul (#7) remain unchanged in their Top 10 places of Central Connecticut State University’s list of Most Literate Cities in America. The ranking looks at cities with a population 250,000 or more and considers six indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment and…
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Tidbits on higher-ed elements on governor's bonding bill

Information is dribbling in about Gov. Mark Dayton’s bonding bill and how it’ll affect higher education. MPR’s Tom Scheck reports that Dayton’s plan includes $226 million for higher education and a $51 million for a new physics and nanotechnology building at the University of Minnesota. Dayton apparently said he included all U of M and MnSCU…
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Why grad students should drop Dr. Seuss from their application essays

Why grad students should drop Dr. Seuss from their application essays

ladybugbkt via Flickr And this has exactly what to do with your research interests? Chronicle of Higher Education blogger “Female Science Professor” talks about how graduate-school applicants need to write more about their scholarly experiences and interests — and can the cutesy stuff: At the risk of sounding like a cranky old science professor, I…
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(Update) MnSCU trustees select U's Rosenstone and Utah's Sederburg as chancellor finalists

(Update) MnSCU trustees select U's Rosenstone and Utah's Sederburg as chancellor finalists

Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system announced this morning their two candidates for system chancellor. They named Steven Rosenstone, vice president for scholarly and cultural affairs at the University of Minnesota; and William Sederburg, Utah’s commissioner of higher education. The men were two of four semi-finalists. Trustees said the two others dropped…
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Notes in the Margins: Chicken and waffles, mental health and public value

UC Irvine MLK Day dinner criticized The chicken-and-waffle meal was served on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the first day of UC Irvine’s three-day symposium in honor of the civil rights leader. Student organizations complained that the menu was insensitive. (Los Angeles Times) Federal Official Urges Colleges to Unite in Emphasizing Their Public Value As…
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Social media's role in education

Social media's role in education

How can social media and technology influence the way students learn and the way teachers teach? Kerri Miller hosted a live forum discussion with a Minnesota-based entrepreneur who is pioneering a social teaching project called Sophia, an internet platform that aims to enhance student learning both in and out of the classroom.

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At this successful financial education class, money takes back seat

At this successful financial education class, money takes back seat

Students of the Build Wealth Minnesota program are put through a rigorous course of financial education and counseling, but organizers say the program's success comes from its focus on everything but money.
by Jessica Mador

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Dayton to unveil new education proposals

Gov. Mark Dayton told a group of school principals Friday that his administration would be proposing education changes in the days before his budget is released in mid-February.
by Tim Nelson

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Background and schedule for MnSCU chancellor interviews

Background and schedule for MnSCU chancellor interviews

MPR / Tim Post Big decision to make By the end of next week, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system’s board of trustees is expected to hire a new chancellor. Trustees are expected to name the candidates Monday, and public interviews will take place that week. Here’s MPR’s Tim Post report. Details of the…
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