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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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Some 2-year colleges that offer a 4-year experience

Some 2-year colleges that offer a 4-year experience

When I asked high-school students, parents and school personnel what they thought of community colleges, a number of them didn’t think two-year schools provided the “full college experience,” which usually includes dorm life, sports, a full array of arts, and so forth. Parent Diane Raff of Roseville has found out that’s not the case. Her…
by Alex Friedrich

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Which majors are the most attractive to employers

Which majors are the most attractive to employers

Looks like the bean counters and geeks get all the love. According to The Huffington Post, the National Association of Colleges and Employers asked employers which degrees they valued most. Below is a lost of the top six, along with the percentage of responding organizations that would hire graduates with that major. Accounting: 62 percent…
by Alex Friedrich

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At one college, the wooing does not end at recruitment

“If you decide to go to Bates, I’ll be there with you through the whole process next year.” — Bates College “swing dean” Michael M. Martinez in the Chronicle of Higher Education on what he tells those he recruits. Martinez is one of two Bates officials who do multicultural admissions one year — and then…
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Notes in the Margins: Chinese, buyouts and European mergers

University Mergers Sweep Across Europe Countries hope that creating larger, more diverse institutions will improve their research and, yes, their rankings, too. (chronicle.com) At 2 Texas Campuses, Faculty Buyouts Create Staffing Headaches The flagships will save about $18-million after more than 100 professors leave early, but they are also scrambling to adjust their teaching rosters.…
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Slideshow: U of M alumni New Year message

Slideshow: U of M alumni New Year message

Nice little year-round look at the U — You mean spring, summer and fall exist? — with a few New Year’s greetings thrown in.
by Alex Friedrich

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A very quick look at MN higher-ed budget numbers

A very quick look at MN higher-ed budget numbers

Here’s a quick take by the Pioneer Press’ Bill Salisbury on Minnesota higher education and the state budget. Notice the last line. It’s not new stuff, but it’s interesting to see what comes of it. Minnesota’s two higher-education systems want more money from the state over the next two years. The University of Minnesota will…
by Alex Friedrich

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Are history profs generally younger today?

This Chronicle of Higher Education blurb may blunt the stereotype of the doddering old history professor: Only about 21 percent of current full-time faculty members listed in the association’s Directory of History Departments, Historical Organizations, and Historians are over the age of 64, and an additional 18 percent are over the age of 54, the…
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What many professors don't talk about

Mary Churchill of Queens College laments how seldom professors — who are paid to teach — actually talk about teaching: We don’t talk much about teaching in academia, and that’s a problem. Our silence makes it difficult for junior faculty and others teaching their first courses to raise issues and ask questions. Teaching is rarely…
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Military complains of undereducated candidates

Military complains of undereducated candidates

The U.S. Army via Flickr You’ll need better education if you want to wear one of these. On Campus tries to stray on occasion into non-academic post-high-school options — not just college. And we’ve often read about the business community’s input in education discussions, how it says education needs to change to provide the work…
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U of Minnesota student mag sees societal blur

U of Minnesota student mag sees societal blur

A magazine production class in the University of Minnesota’s journalism school is making ambiguity the theme of its magazine, Blur. It’s the culmination of a semester’s worth of student work — what the U calls “an investigation of the blurring lines between culture, food and music in today’s society.” Available both online and on paper…
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