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Education News

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.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

Notes in the Margins: Kline, elite colleges and commercialization

Representative Kline Eyes Way to Stop Rule Restricting For-Profit Colleges Kline, a Minnesota Republican who will become chairman of the education committee in January, said he would rather that nonprofit and for-profit colleges be required to disclose graduation rates, costs, and graduates’ debt burdens to all applicants. The so-called gainful employment rule is scheduled to…
by Alex Friedrich

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(Updated) U of Minnesota medical conflict-of-interest policy gets a B

American Medical Student Association Some improvement After giving the University of Minnesota a D for its conflict of interest policy in 2008,  the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) revised the U’s grade to a B. You might remember the policy, which was rolled out in August. It has taken its licks for what critics say…
by Alex Friedrich

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College presidents are showing some nerve

Rita Bornstein, former president of Rollins College in Florida and writer on university leadership, tells the Boston Globe about the risk that college and university presidents are taking in speaking out for the DREAM Act: “You have to give them credit for a degree of bravery. The immigration issue is sufficiently controversial that everyone has…
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Why MnSCU is wooing its former students

MPR’s Tim Post reports on a push by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to lure back to school some of the students who’ve dropped out — something a number of colleges across the nation are doing to increase the graduation rate. Post says about 160,000 former students might be “good candidates” to go…
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Minneapolis DREAM Act hunger strike approaching a week

Minneapolis DREAM Act hunger strike approaching a week

The hunger strike in support of the DREAM Act is into its sixth day at El Colegio Charter School in Minneapolis. Two days ago, MPR’s Sasha Aslanian counted five Minnesota students and two adults who have stopped eating, part of a national hunger strike to pressure the U.S. Senate to pass the DREAM Act. The…
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Who will be shoveling TCF Bank Stadium?

From the We-All-Must-Be-Masochists Department, I got this from the University of Minnesota: UPDATE as of 10 a.m., Dec. 16, 2010: Due to an overwhelming response from hundreds of great Minnesotans, the University of Minnesota is no longer accepting shovelers to help clear TCF Bank Stadium on Thursday, Dec. 16. Those interested in helping on Friday,…
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Why you don't mess with Alex Tech police students

KSAX-TV/KRWF-TV reports how convenience store employee Brent Zuhlsdorf, who is studying at Alexandria Technical College to become a police officer, ran after a thief who’d apparently stolen something, tracked him down and then helped police locate him. Alexandria Police Chief Richard Wyffels told the station: I’m going to make sure that we recognize him in…
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Six things that could ruin a 4.0

Shooting for that perfect score? Education reporter Liz O’Neill lists several things to avoid if you don’t want to blow it. Here’s an abbreviated list: Telling People You Have a 4.0 GPA: At every college, there’s always one professor who’s philosophically opposed to straight A’s. Studying Abroad: If you’re a 4.0 candidate who’s determined to…
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Notes in the Margins: Unions, dual enrollment and early admission

Early Applicants More Likely to Gain College Admission; Higher admission rate of early college applicants fuels controversy. And the admissions advantage is big, according to U.S.News & World Report‘s analysis of the 233 colleges that report separate rates for their early admission programs. In 2009, the last year for which complete data is available, the typical college’s early…
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MnSCU aims to help dropouts return to, finish school

MnSCU aims to help dropouts return to, finish school

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system will soon begin contacting some of its former students who have dropped out over the years in hopes of getting them to come back to school.
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