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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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Goldy Gopher makes NBC's Top 10 mascots

Goldy Gopher makes NBC's Top 10 mascots

Goldy may not have made the Associated Press’ list of 12 coolest football mascots, but it ranked #10 on NBC Sports’ Out-of-Bounds blog list of Top 10 Power Mascots, a ranking that considered “newsworthiness, style and general awesomeness.” NBC’s Rick Chandler on why Goldy made it: This is from last year, but Goldy’s body of…
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Back to school as an older student? Here's what's changed.

If you’ve been to college before and want to return in middle age, don’t think it’ll just be more of the same. I went to grad school when I was 42, and thought I knew what was coming. I didn’t. Things turned out well, but not before I had to do some adjusting. Drawing from…
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MnSCU HQ to cut 41 people, $4.2 million

MPR’s Tim Post reported in February that the state Legislative Auditor said MnSCU should reorganize to improve the efficiency and performance of its central office. Now this came today: October 14, 2010 The Office of the Chancellor for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities will reduce its budget by $4.2 million and eliminate 41 positions…
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Why psych grads are least satisfied

Why psych grads are least satisfied

This survey might be ammunition for parents looking to steer their children away from certain professions. According to a piece in the Wall Street Journal, psychology grads are least satisfied with their career paths. Only 26 percent consider themselves “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with their career paths. It’s not necessarily the subject matter that’s the…
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Why St. Thomas student life is disrupted

“It’s really annoying that you can’t watch what you want,” said Hannah Steward, a freshman in Dowling Hall. Steward said several channels appear fuzzy, while others, such as MTV, aren’t available at all. Students have also reported trouble with the connection dropping in and out. — from the TommieMedia article “Residents frustrated with cable reception,…
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Notes in the Margins: Drinking abroad, loans and college-as-Wikipedia

Scabies hits the U’s ballroom dance club At least one member of the University of Minnesota’s Ballroom Dance Club reported a case of scabies early this week, halting the club’s practice this week and alarming members. (mndaily.com) Students Who Study Abroad May Hit The Brewskis Harder, A Study Finds With the new school year underway,…
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Fire leaves MSU Moorhead students homeless

More than a dozen Minnesota State University students have been displaced by the South Fargo apartment fire two days ago, university spokesman Doug Hamilton said. No one was injured. The apartment building was off-campus, and university officials are trying to help the students who’ve lost their housing, clothing and books. They’ve replaced $1,000 in text…
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Video: Obama pushes permanent educational tax credit

Video: Obama pushes permanent educational tax credit

Here’s a clip from President Barack Obama’s appearance in the White House Rose Garden today, where he urges Congress to make a $2,500 college tuition tax credit permanent. (The education section starts at the 1:38 mark.) He’s talking about the American Opportunity Tax Credit permanent, which was included in the $814 billion economic stimulus bill…
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Mankato student T-shirt rips mayor's DWI

“We weren’t trying to make a political statement with the shirt or anything, but yes, I do feel the mayor is being hypocritical. In certain universities across the nation, if you receive a DWI or even in some cases an (underage consumption citation), you can get kicked out of your program of study. So I…
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Board members ask Johnson to delay vote on North High

Board members ask Johnson to delay vote on North High

Three of the seven members of the Minneapolis School Board want the district's superintendent to delay next month's vote on closing North High School.
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