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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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Notes in the Margins: Health insurance, stealing and the GAO

Scientists Fault Universities as Favoring Research Over Teaching Universities are aggressively seeking federal dollars to build bigger and fancier laboratory facilities, and are not paying an equal amount of attention to teaching and nurturing the students who would fill them, scientists say in the articles. (chronicle.com) At Many Colleges, No Health Insurance Means No Playing…
by Alex Friedrich

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Field narrowed to 10 finalists for St. Paul school board seat

The St. Paul School Board has narrowed the field of candidates who applied for an open seat on the board. There are now 10 finalists remaining from the 41 who originally applied.
by Tom Weber

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Task force report on MSU-Moorhead's Corrick Center

Got this from MSU – Moorhead. I believe the university president refers to this document in the previous post. It appears to be the (probably revised) task force recommendations regarding its Corrick Center for at-risk students I’ll present it in full: The Corrick Center: A Time for Change Public universities are responsible for preparing graduates…
by Alex Friedrich

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MSU Moorhead memo on Corrick Center's closure

MSU Moorhead memo on Corrick Center's closure

Here’s a memo from MSU Moorhead’s president, Edna Mora Szymanski, on Tuesday’s announcement of the closure of the Corrick Center for at-risk students: Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues, I have some important information to share with the campus community. Yesterday afternoon, I met with the Corrick Center faculty to inform them that the Corrick Center…
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Tonight: A presentation on paying for college

Need help understanding how you’ll finance your child’s college education? At 6:15 p.m. today, Eden Prairie High School will hold a financial planning evening that includes financial consultants and experts from three colleges and two banks who can offer advice to parents on how to pay for college. The Eden Prairie News writes that the…
by Alex Friedrich

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How biz has changed for Biermaier's Books

“A lot of students used to come in, but with the Internet and texting and all the other mechanisms that young people use now, the number of students has declined, and general readers also. They buy their books on the Internet and there are less browsers.” — Owner Bill Biermaier of Biermaier’s Books, on the…
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U of M to get part of major wheat research grant

The University of Minnesota is getting part of a $25 million grant to develop new wheat and barley varieties that will better withstand the stresses from climate change.

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A quick comparison of one university's textbook prices

I’ve read a lot about the various ways to buy textbooks — new, rented, online, digitally — and how much you can save, but I’ve never seen any book-by-book comparisons. So I spoke with the Bob Crabb, director of the University of Minnesota system’s bookstores (all campuses but Duluth’s), chose four books, checked out the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Campus behavior of Arizona shooter more disturbing than first thought

The Huffington Post writes about how Arizona shooter Jared Loughner’s actions and statements prior to the shooting showed a darker side than initial reports indicated: In January of last year, it was reported that Loughner suggested that dynamite should be attached to babies after a classmate read aloud a poem referencing abortion. Loughner explained his…
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When students don't know what to do with their major

When students don't know what to do with their major

In reading about education, admissions and jobs, I’ve noticed what I’d consider an overuse of the word “passion.” It has become a marketing buzzword — along with “brand” and “narrative” — that newly minted college grads have absorbed and now use to explain their interest in, say, accounting, volunteering or watching foreign movies. This piece…
by Alex Friedrich

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