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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 Minnesota state university students buy textbooks

How Minnesota state university students buy textbooks

Textbook prices were a hot topic this past semester, especially with new textbook disclosure regulations having gone into force in July. The state legislature asked the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for a report on how the text situation looks in the state, including info on steps toward cost containment, legal compliance and other elements.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why innovators still seek the liberal arts mind

Ben Wildavsky writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education that the U.S. liberal-arts system is still considered valuable by a number of economic hard-chargers: As Yale President Richard Levin often points out, it’s noteworthy that Asian nations, admired and sometimes feared by the West for their fast-growing academic and economic attainment, are showing great interest…
by Alex Friedrich

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What is the Boomerang Generation?

What is the Boomerang Generation?

Stumbled across this New Yorker piece a little while back. For those who’ve just gone through the ordeal of winter break with college-age children, the Boomerang Generation phenomenon is even more quality time to look forward to — this summer or one coming up.
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Top 10 Chronicle of Higher Ed stories for 2010

Been reading the Chronicle of Higher Education much? Then you might recognize the 10 most-read stories, as presented by Chronicle writer Xarissa Holdaway: 1. “The Shadow Scholar” 2. National Research Council Rankings of Doctoral Programs 3. “Why Did 17 Million Students Go to College?” 4. “The Trustworthiness of Beards” 5. “The Big Lie About the…
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Franken visiting, speaking at U of Minnesota today

Minneapolis — U.S. Sen. Al Franken visits the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Friday to visit medical research labs and speak at a conference. The first-term Democrat delivers a speech at a conference on environmentally friendly chemistry at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Afterward, he will visit two university labs where researchers are…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the margins: Bowl gluts, electrical plugs and a placenta

University apologizes for mistake that sent disqualification letters to about 500 students University officials tell the Los Angeles Times that all of the students were on academic probation, but only 164 students should have received disqualification letters. The mix-up was blamed on a mailing code error. (Los Angeles Times) News: Presidents Plot Push for Aid…
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No question at St. Thomas biz school

No question at St. Thomas biz school

This what has replaced the question mark on the University of St. Thomas’ Minneapolis campus.
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Why colleges might not want to advise students against debt

While researching student debt, I came across this New York Times article from last year that had an interesting angle on why colleges might not want to counsel students against taking on a lot of debt to attend their school: There’s a branding problem. Urging students to attend a cheaper college or leave altogether suggests…
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Underemployment among college grads

Underemployment among college grads

News media such as Gizmodo have discussed U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics showing that 17 million Americans hold jobs that don’t require college degrees — leading to sad stories like this one — and asking questions why. One of those has been MPR’s own Paul Tosto, who looked at a case or two in Minnesota…
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Why tuition rises when the feds lose little on student loan defaults

College finance writer Zac Bissonnette gives another take on the news yesterday that student-loan defaults are not as hard on the government as one would think, considering the feds end up getting back 85% of the money loaned: When lenders don’t end up suffering losses on loans that are excessive, they lack any particular incentive…
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