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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.

What it's like for a Texas professor to live in the dorms

Dr. Elizabeth Chiao of the Baylor College of Medicine, says living with her University of Houston professor husband and sons in the university dorms has brought out the homesickness of some students — especially when the husband and wife walk their pets: “They say, I miss my dogs. They want to walk the dogs, or…
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Notes in the Roundup: Social activism, the job outlook and Hamburger University

Greer Feick: Wall Street or Social Activism? When I mentioned to a college friend that I was considering careers with organizations that focus on poverty reduction, she rolled her eyes and said, “You know, being a Wall Street banker is just as socially useful as being a social activist.” What struck me about the conversation…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Kaler says about his new salary

Just in case you missed it in the Thanksgiving rush, here’s what incoming U of M president Eric Kaler said on MPR’s Midday program: “The University of Minnesota is a big, complex institution. One of the biggest in the Big 10,” he said. “My total compensation package is in the middle range for presidents in…
by Alex Friedrich

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More details on the U of Minnesota's Greek party police

Here’s an update to the story of the University of Minnesota Greek system ending its alcohol ban and replacing it with a new monitoring and enforcement system. The Minnesota Daily calls next spring’s new system, named Arkeo, the “Greek party police”: Arkeo is meant to do more than prevent sexual assault, said Chad Ellsworth, coordinator…
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U of Minnesota closed Dec. 24 – Jan. 2

From the Minnesota Daily: The University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, including buildings, business offices and student study spaces, will be closed over winter break from Dec. 24, 2010 until Jan. 2, 2011. Only essential services will remain open. Student services offices for undergraduates and graduates will be closed, although the One Stop website will…
by Alex Friedrich

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Editorial: Hamline, St. Thomas law schools ignoring transparency

As I’ve posted before, some recent law school grads are furious over their student loan debts, claiming their law schools lured them in by exaggerating their job prospects. Now the nonprofit Law School Transparency Project is trying to help by producing better data on the schools so prospective students can make better-informed decisions about whether…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why students should beware what's on their drinks — not in them

Why students should beware what's on their drinks — not in them

So much for Four Loko, the caffeine-and-alcohol bomb that has been on the radar of authorities. Now the latest rage is alcoholic whipped cream called “Whipped Lightning,” according to WGN-TV in Chicago: …College campus leaders are concerned that the new whipped cream product poses a serious threat to college students because many students use the…
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The 7 worst kinds of college admission essays

Don’t find your latest creation on this abbreviated list of the worst-of-the-worst, published recently by The Huffington Post. Go here for the original slideshow and all the details. The worst part about them? They’re predictable. The Cringe-Inducing Metaphor Essay. (It’s not insightful. Just lame.) The Reformed Convict Essay. (What on earth makes you think an…
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How much state higher-ed employees make

For those who may have missed it, the St. Cloud Times has a neat little searchable database of the names and 2009 salaries of state employees, which include those at state-run higher ed institutions such as the University of Minnesota (all campuses) and those in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system (MnSCU). The state…
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Notes in the Margins: Bulging community colleges, college cost calculators and touchy logos

Workers seek new skills at community colleges, but classes are full All over the United States, community college enrollments have surged with unemployed and underemployed people seeking new skills. But just as workers have turned to community colleges, states have cut their budgets, forcing the institutions to turn away legions of students and stymieing the…
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