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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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New education commissioner Cassellius answers listener questions

New education commissioner Cassellius answers listener questions

Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius joins Midday to share her ideas about improving education and answer questions about what students, teachers, parents and administrators can do to improve educational achievement.

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What MSU-Moorhead's Corrick Center closure is about

After reading about the planned closure of Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Corrick Center for at-risk students — students who didn’t meet the university’s “automatic admission” standards — I talked to Denise Gorsline, dean of the University College. I’ll try to follow up later on with a post that explores a new angle or two, but…
by Alex Friedrich

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Here's a great college newspaper headline. Not.

Here's a great college newspaper headline. Not.

Check out the sidebar that ran with a recent front-page Iowa State Daily story on sexual assault. (Found it on College Media Matters and Tweed. Someone left out the word NOT in the sidebar’s headline “Who can give consent?” So it  erroneously says you can have consensual sex with those who are unconscious, mentally handicapped,…
by Alex Friedrich

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How Minnesota private colleges stack up in awarding degrees

How Minnesota private colleges stack up in awarding degrees

The Minnesota Private College Council’s research arm just came out with some new stats on how it compared to the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system in awarding bachelor’s and graduate degrees this past school year. The aim seems to be to show that private colleges award a larger share of…
by Alex Friedrich

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St. Kate's library program gets national nod

The master's degree program in library and information science at St. Catherine University in St. Paul has received a national accreditation that will make it easier for the program's graduates to work outside the state.

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Video: Tommies' ice carving

Video: Tommies' ice carving

Interesting little time-lapse video on the how the “AACSB” on St. Thomas’ Minneapolis campus was carved from ice.
by Alex Friedrich

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MCTC professor sees new zodiac sign

I usually hear about this stuff coming out of universities. But City College News reports that  Minneapolis Community and Technical College astronomy professor Parke Kunkle has discovered (?) a new astrological sign — Ophiuchus (Nov. 29 – Dec. 17) and has caused a bit of a ruckus in the blogosphere. The paper explains the new…
by Alex Friedrich

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Students still prefer dead trees over digital

I’ve posted that despite student complaints about cost, eBooks have yet to take off in the market among Minnesota State University students — and that the director of  University of Minnesota’s bookstores expects a booming rental business to cut into that market share even more. Now GalleyCat reports that a recent Book Industry Study Group…
by Alex Friedrich

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How to find cheap textbooks online

How to find cheap textbooks online

As I mentioned in the post on my textbook price comparison yesterday, the Washington Post has a good article on the best places to get cheap textbooks online. It’s a piece by the founder of Cheapism.com. Read the full article for details and warnings, but here are the main ideas: The best online sites are…
by Alex Friedrich

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New education commissioner vows to take on achievement gap

New education commissioner vows to take on achievement gap

Two weeks into her new job as Minnesota's education commissioner, Brenda Cassellius isn't yet a household name. But if her track record is any indication, she will be.
by Tom Weber

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