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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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I’m at the U’s big prez meeting

Just letting you know I’m in the thick of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents meeting — the one in which the U is expected to announce the finalists in the search for a new president. I’m tweeting bits and pieces, and will both tweet and post the names of the finalists here. The…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why a big-name college doesn't matter

Here’s a refreshing exchange between New York Times columnists David Brooks and Gail Collins, who stress the irrelevance of rankings and getting into big-name, elite colleges: David Brooks: I’ve learned that if you put me in an unmarked room with students from any of the top 100 colleges in the country, and let me have…
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Notes in the Margins: Donors, coaches and partnerships

Community Colleges Must Focus on Quality of Learning, Report Says Increasing college completion is meaningless unless certificates and degrees represent real learning, according to the Center for Community College Student Engagement. (chronicle.com) As Donors Retrench, Challenges for Universities Giving to 1,027 universities and colleges plummeted 11.9 percent in 2009, and indicators are that overall giving…
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McNally Smith music college freezes tuition

McNally Smith music college freezes tuition

Got an announcement from McNally Smith College of Music that it’s freezing tuition for full-time, consistently enrolled students until they finish their degree. The press release is below, and you can read more on it in the president’s blog, “Good Education in a Bad Economy.” Early this year, MPR’s Tim Post reported on how the…
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St. Thomas' new way to stimulate brains in the library

St. Thomas' new way to stimulate brains in the library

I’d call it multitasking, but it looks like the University of St. Thomas calls it a potentially effective way to study. In its new library is The Walkstation, a treadmill students can use while they’re doing academic work. Library Director Dan Gjelten tells TommieMedia: “The idea is that activity enhances brain function. Reading, studying, and…
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Why academe needs foreign languages

Rosemary G. Feal, executive director of the Modern Language Association, explains why cutting foreign language programs could hurt other fields: It makes no sense to deprive other humanities programs of the expertise that specialists in literature, linguistics, and culture can bring. To its credit, the English department at Albany … requires students to demonstrate either…
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U-Minnesota system to turn down the power over the holidays

U-Minnesota system to turn down the power over the holidays

KSTP reports that facilities across the University of Minnesota system of campuses will save money by turning out the lights and turning down the heat over the winter holiday period — the first time in its history. It also comes with a three-day furlough for a number of employees. See the video and get more…
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3 U of M plant scientists receive federal grants

Three University of Minnesota plant science researchers have won new research awards from the National Science Foundation.

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U-Minnesota regents to name prez finalists tomorrow

Update: Star Tribune now reports the number is down to two. Update: The Star Tribune has stricken that part of its story. Just got this from the University of Minnesota: MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/11/2010) —The University of Minnesota Board of Regents will take action at its previously scheduled meeting on Friday morning, Nov. 12,…
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How to e-mail a potential graduate adviser

How to e-mail a potential graduate adviser

It’s always tough to know how to approach anyone when you’re looking for a job. And the academic field somehow sounds especially tough. One science professor — who’s less than warm and fuzzy — gives some advice in the Chronicle of Higher Education about how to approach a potential graduate adviser through e-mail. I’ve condensed…
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