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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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St. Olaf one of nation's friendliest to junior faculty

St. Olaf one of nation's friendliest to junior faculty

The idea that treating new hires well might result in gains for an institution seems not to have taken universal hold in what should be our country’s most enlightened sector. But according to a study written up in the Chronicle of Higher Education, one Minnesota college — St. Olaf — seems to get it. It…
by Alex Friedrich

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How easy it is to cheat in online courses

This guy gives new meaning to the term professional student: I have completed countless online courses. Students provide me with passwords and user names so I can access key documents and online exams. In some instances, I have even contributed to weekly online discussions with other students in the class. This is the professional paper…
by Alex Friedrich

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Confessions of a professional paper writer

A man who makes money writing students’ college papers — including postgraduate-level stuff — slams the professors that make his job possible: For those of you who have ever mentored a student through the writing of a dissertation, served on a thesis-review committee, or guided a graduate student through a formal research process, I have…
by Alex Friedrich

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For gay teens who have considered suicide

For gay teens who have considered suicide

A student journalist at a Catholic high school offers a glimpse into the fears and pressures that confront young gay people.

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What politicians are thinking about U-Minnesota presidential finalist Eric Kaler

Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, gives the Minnesota Daily an idea of the legislature’s big expectations of Eric Kaler, finalist for the presidency of the University of Minnesota: “I hope this guy is a super president,” Kahn said. “I hope he meets everybody’s expectations. I hope he’s a whiz at fundraising. I hope he’s a marvel…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Study abroad, executive pay data and the lack of a tuition crisis

Anxiety over cost, harsher judgments on how colleges are run Six out of 10 Americans now say that colleges today operate more like a business, focused more on the bottom line than on the educational experience of students. Further, the number of people who feel this way has increased by 5 percentage points in the…
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Student survey: More college plans; less drinking, exercise

Young people in Minnesota are smoking and drinking less and more are thinking about college, but many of them could also be doing more to exercise regularly.
by Tom Weber

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Chart: College executive compensation

Chart: College executive compensation

In its most recent annual compensation survey, the Chronicle of Higher Education has found 30 college and university presidents out of 448 who made more than $1 million in the 2008-09 year — up from 23 in the previous survey. Compensation comparisons may be tough because rules have changed the way institutions report their compensation…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Macalester thinks about a campus ban on bottled water

What Macalester thinks about a campus ban on bottled water

Macalester College is considering a ban on bottled water this fall following a proposal by student Clare Pillsbury, The Mac Weekly reports. Her proposal comes as bottled water has taken a hit nationally for both its cost and variable quality. A survey of students, faculty and staff showed: Students were generally in favor, with the…
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Poll: The effects of abolishing tenure

Here’s poll by the Atlantic magazine on what 30 college and university presidents thought would happen to their institutions if tenure were abolished immediately. Interestingly, the magazine saw little consensus or a “rallying cry” for either tenure supporters or opponents. Some chiefs talked about the pros and cons of ending it. But what would take…
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