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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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Why replacing Gophers' Brewster is tough

Why replacing Gophers' Brewster is tough

With Gopher football coach Tim Brewster sacked, the University of Minnesota will have to get creative to find someone to replace him, MPR’s Tim Post reports. It paid Brewster $1 million — not a lot in today’s coach market — and doesn’t have the budget to go all out, as Athletics Director Joel Maturi tells…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: TKE returns, academic credit and selling notes

The nerd turns: A cappella singers suddenly the popular kids on campus For decades, a cappella was a tradition that thrived mainly at Ivy League institutions and small liberal arts schools. But a cappella is enjoying an explosion on all manner of campuses. (The Washington Post) Perfect ACT scores Mounds View High School students Daniel…
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What Mark Dayton is not saying about his education funding plan

What Mark Dayton is not saying about his education funding plan

We are exploring what the candidates for governor are saying on the campaign trail and what they're NOT saying. This time we look at what Democrat Mark Dayton has been saying and NOT about his education funding proposals.
by Tom Scheck

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Why study abroad doesn't interest some employers

“They’re looking for a dozen engineers, a dozen accountants. They’re not thinking about how, in the long term, an international experience might pay off.” — Ralph Brigham, past president of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, in on why it’s difficult to convince potential employers of the value of studying abroad. Good material in…
by Alex Friedrich

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The 5 types of college drinkers

Amid the recent coverage of binge drinking and alcohol-control campaigns comes a study reprinted in the Washington Post about the 5 different types of drinkers. It was paid for by the Ad Council and The Century Council. Notice how the various drinkers see themselves — especially the heavy ones. Captains of Control: 25% These folks…
by Alex Friedrich

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What happens when a university candidate search becomes very public

What happens when a university candidate search becomes very public

In the rush to cover Troubled Waters, I wasn’t able to post this piece by MPR reporter Tim Post. He reports on the debate over whether the need for privacy in the search for a new president for the University of Minnesota outweighs the public’s right to know. The U has said it may name…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Female math majors, Winona shootings and the SAT

Fund for students displaced by Galleria fire The MSU Moorhead campus is working with Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union to create a fund for the 14 students displaced by the Galleria apartment fire last week. (news.mnstate.edu) Math, physics still short on female majors at Mac Macalester professor David Bressoud is worried that girls are being…
by Alex Friedrich

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Report: Ed official on 'both sides' of deal, but didn't defraud state

Report: Ed official on 'both sides' of deal, but didn't defraud state

An investigation into the state's former Deputy Education Commissioner, Chas Anderson, has found she broke some conflict-of-interest rules in procuring herself a contract, but clears her of more egregious allegations that she tried to defraud the state.
by Tom Weber

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How the university handles a problem story

How the university handles a problem story

Here are a couple of interesting “Troubled Waters” PR tidbits that appear to show how the university was trying to control VP Karen Himle’s role in the story: Can’t make out exactly where in the university this came from. But notice that next to the questions on who was behind the decision to release the…
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