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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: Languages, falling grad rates and the lure of rankings

Foreign Language Programs Cut as Colleges Lose Aid Foreign languages — European ones in particular — are on the chopping block. The reasons for their plight are many. But the paradox is that many schools are eliminating language degrees just as they begin to embrace an international mission. (The New York Times) West Chester ‘White…
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Concordia College cutting 17 positions

Concordia College cutting 17 positions

NVJ via Flickr Reallocating, I guess The Concordian student paper reports on how Concordia is cutting 17 positions through layoffs and attrition so it can reallocate $1.5 million — but tries to play down how it might hit students: The committee’s focus is on student impact. Brown said the changes will not negatively affect students.…
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Student leaders prepare for budget fight

Meetings with regents and trustees this week appear to have leaders from at least two of the main student organizations gearing up for a lobbying effort with the state legislature. The Minnesota State University Mankato Reporter reports how Andrew Spaeth of the Minnesota State Student Association (the organization for students at four-year MnSCU institutions) wants…
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History 210: What would Lady Gaga do?

History 210: What would Lady Gaga do?

Recent post-grad Charlsie Niemiec suggests in USA Today that academic life incorporate pop culture to help students understand the humanities. Whether or not a professor allows discussions of celebrity life or other things that students feel to be important to their lives (like Facebook), it doesn’t stop students from actively engaging in these topics –…
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Goldy Gopher is NBC's top sports mascot this week

Having earned the title of “hardest-working mascot in show business,” the University of Minnesota’s Goldy Gopher has topped this week’s Mascot Power Rankings on NBC Sports blog Off the Bench. Writer Rick Chandler says: … It’s difficult to pinpoint the coolest thing about Goldy Gopher. He’s seemingly everywhere on campus; from Minnesota hockey games to…
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Students: What's with the lack of arts support at St. Thomas?

Students: What's with the lack of arts support at St. Thomas?

This week two TommieMedia voices have raised questions about their school’s commitment to the arts. Theresa Malloy writes about crowding in the music practice rooms, and quotes freshman music business major Rachel Siteman on the inadequacy of the Brady Educational Center: “I mean this is a great building, but it lacks so much that an…
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Oberstar likely to play role at Humphrey Institute

“It’s definitely not a full-time thing. It’s not like he’s coming in as a professor, but he’s very interested in some role. He has this rich history in transportation and we wanted to tap into that.” — Lee Munnich, director of the Humphrey Institute’s State and Local Policy Program at the University of Minnesota, explaining…
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College — Where journalists learn to suck up to celebrities

College — Where journalists learn to suck up to celebrities

At Princeton, no less. The president of the school’s “press club” tries desperately to make an entertaining interview video with Jane Randall, fellow student and recently booted America’s Next Top Model candidate. He’s obviously a nerd who’s nervous in the presence of a beauty. She’s not particularly interesting. It’s all rather awkward — even if…
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Notes in the Margins: Hearing loss, co-signers and gender-neutral housing

Study Spotlights Music Students’ Hearing Risks In a study at West Virginia University, in Morgantown, 130 music students showed a casual attitude about hearing protection despite musicians’ elevated risks of hearing loss. The study’s authors think their data “supports the need for continuing efforts to raise awareness in student musicians” about “the risks of excessive…
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What some people think about community colleges in Minnesota

I’ve already received a few responses to my survey of he image of community colleges among high school staffers, students and their families. The image I have so far: They are indeed seen as a second-best alternative to a four-year institution, either for those who aren’t yet prepared for such focus and academic toughness, or…
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