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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.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

Where students can go for laughs in Mankato

“You will definitely not leave that place without laughing. Or else you will be horribly offended.” — Maverick Comedy Club Treasurer Joshua Erhardt on Monday open mic nights at the Minnesota State University Mankato student club, which was started this year by senior Christian Hagen, the student paper reports.
by Alex Friedrich

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Mankato's campus preacher debate

Minnesota State University Mankato associate professor James P. Dimock in Inside Higher Ed praises students who opposed an anti-gay visiting preacher by walking into his service and holding up signs with names and photos of gay youth who have killed themselves this year after bullying incidents. “The answer to speech you don’t like isn’t to…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Four Loko, endowments and biofuel

To Protect Academic Freedom, Look Beyond the First Amendment Faculty academic freedom has always been more firmly rooted in professional norms than in legal decisions. (chronicle.com) For Exposure, Universities Put Courses on the Web Until recently, if you wanted to take Professor Rebecca Henderson’s course in advanced business strategy, you needed to be a student…
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State threatens sanctions against charter school

The Minnesota Department of Education is threatening significant fines against an online charter school if it doesn't fix problems with its curriculum and graduation requirements.
by Tim Post

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How some colleges are like high school divas

Lynn O’Shaughnessey explains why schools such as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that send out flattering mail and applications to random students are just shameless flirts who have no real interest: Getting love notes from a school … doesn’t not mean that a student will get in. Many colleges and universities send out flattering letters and/or applications…
by Alex Friedrich

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What a Republican victory might mean for higher ed

So what happens if Republicans take over the Congress? Both the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed have pieces on potential changes. In the Chronicle‘s podcast, journalists look at the backgrounds of the people who would be coming into (and out of) power in politics’ higher education scene. Here are my notes: House…
by Alex Friedrich

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Just how early Fargo kids think about careers

The Fargo Forum shows how Fargo schools start to guide children toward college and careers as early as elementary school: Assistant Superintendent Bob Grosz said counselors start working with students when they’re in fifth grade about career clusters that interest them. As they advance in their schooling, students are exposed to career fairs, guest speakers…
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Why Obama is losing student support

Jessica Kirsner, 21, a junior from Houston and vice president of the College Democrats gives a New York Times reporter one reason students aren’t energized anymore by President Barack Obama: “It’s not the fad anymore. It’s not the fad to be politically knowledgeable and active.” (Apparently, his administration hasn’t been reaching out to them, either.)
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Notes in the Margins: Elections, higher-ed books and faculty inventions

For-Profit Colleges Hope for Republican Gains in Midterm Elections This week’s election could have an effect on proprietary colleges more immediate than any federal higher-education policy debate. (chronicle.com) Hot Type: Publishers Fight ‘Link Rot’ in Electronic Texts With Special Durable Citations Citations have a way of disappearing on the Internet, but publishers are trying new…
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Duluth ballot question protests school plan

Supporters of a ballot measure in Duluth say Tuesday' election is a chance to register a protest vote against the city's school district for its construction plan, but others say the vote will be confusing.
by Tom Weber

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