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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: 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…
by Alex Friedrich

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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.
by Tim Post

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St. Paul students will make up snow days; Mpls not sure yet

Officials in the Minneapolis school district have not yet determined whether they'll make up this week's two snow days, but St. Paul's school superintendent says she intends to.
by Tom Weber

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After ruining drums, Floodwood students get creative

Creativity got the best of the Floodwood percussion section - and now the students have come up with a creative way to replace $464 worth of damaged drums.

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MSU Moorhead working to boost graduation rates

In sort of a companion piece to the Forum story on upcoming changes to Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Corrick Center for at risk students, the Forum reports on measures the university is taking to boost its graduation rates, which have been deemed comparatively low. It found that in a comparison of 15 similar universities, MSUM…
by Alex Friedrich

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What not to assume when you plan to pay for college

Troy Onink writes in Forbes about bad college financial advice he’s heard: At a presentation I gave recently a family shared with me that they had been advised by a co-worker not to bother applying for aid because their income was too high to qualify. The truth is that if they had only applied their…
by Alex Friedrich

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Look what's plastered on a Tommie hallway floor

Look what's plastered on a Tommie hallway floor

Cute. University of St. Thomas spokesman Jim Winterer says of the felt rug: Most people don’t walk around it. They tiptoe around it. They think it’s rude. It’s how you might treat a religious figure. It’s on the fourth floor of Loras Hall on the south campus.
by Alex Friedrich

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Moorhead's center for at-risk students faces changes

Minnesota State University Moorhead President Edna Szymanski on moving the university’s Corrick Center from Murray Commons near the residence halls to an as-yet-undetermined place on the general campus — a move that some faculty apparently don’t like: “There was a stigma associated with the place before, where students who needed the service wouldn’t go, and…
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Interviewees for the 4 open slots on U of Minnesota Board of Regents

The state legislature’s Regent Candidate Advisory Council has released its list 18 interviewees for four slots on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents: At-Large: Allen Anderson, Gordon Bailey, Steven Hunter and Robert Kennedy Second District: Laura Brod, Thomas Devine, Kelly Smith, Steven Sviggum, Robert Vogel and Leon Westbrock Third District: David Larson, Norman Rickeman…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Eric Kaler may NOT be a nerd

Last month, I wrote a post called Why Eric Kaler is a nerd. It was focused on a section of a Tim Post article that recalled how Kaler, the incoming president of the University of Minnesota, wooed his wife by talking about his research. Post wrote: In a move that should give hope to nerds…
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