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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.

No parties at U-Minnesota fraternities

MPR’s Tim Post has this update — with audio — to the story of three recent sexual assaults at University of Minnesota fraternities. He reports that fraternity leaders have put a so-called social moratorium in place. The move means no alcohol can be consumed at a frat house, if guests from outside the house are…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Tommie-Johnnie tees, terrorism and transgender athletes

Sexual Violence Survey The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Sexual Violence Policy will be reviewed in Spring 2011, and the Minnesota State University Student Association would like to research how the policy affects students. Students are encouraged to fill out a survey. (msusa1967.blogspot.com) College student tackles suspect in Alexandria police pursuit A police chase ends…
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Hanging effigy only a prank at U-Minnesota Crookston

Hanging effigy only a prank at U-Minnesota Crookston

Yep, some people need the supposedly enlightening effects of a college education more than others. Some bozo student at the University of Minnesota – Crookston has confessed to painting an effigy to look like a “person of color” and hanging it from the student union — as a “prank” on the statue’s owner, police and…
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How one inspector views the frat scene

As my colleague, Tim Post, works on his piece on the three sexual assaults at off-campus fraternity houses near the University of Minnesota, I spoke with Inspector Bryan Schafer of the Minneapolis Police Department to get a little police context. Here are a few comments he had in our conversation. On whether police see fraternity…
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Police: 3 fraternity assaults unrelated

Police: 3 fraternity assaults unrelated

The three recent sexual assault cases at fraternity houses near the University of Minnesota are not related, Minneapolis police Sgt. Bill Palmer said this morning. He would not release further details of the three cases, including whether suspects in the second two were fraternity members. Alcohol was present in all three case, however. Police are…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: Bruininks on Bright Ideas

Video: Bruininks on Bright Ideas

For those who’ve missed it, the MPR Web site has the video and transcript of University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks’ recent appearance on our Bright Ideas series with Stephen Smith. In the discussion, which focuses on American higher education, Bruininks and Smith cover, among other things: tuition; the need to align K-12 and higher…
by Alex Friedrich

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15 Successful College Dropouts

15 Successful College Dropouts

Take this Huffington Post list of 15 successful college dropouts as a bit of Monday morning bubble gum,. I’m indeed skeptical of the Who-Needs-College-To-Be-Successful school of thinking, as it misses a main point of higher education — becoming an enlightened, more well-rounded person — and focuses solely on college as a ticket to a good…
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Notes in the Margins: Difficult parents, rape and tuition

U of M fraternities ban parties after third assault The presidents of all 24 fraternities on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus say they will ban parties for now following a third sexual assault at a fraternity house. (MPR Music) Daniel Luzer: College Is Like Real Estate College, despite its rapidly escalating price, is…
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How Duluth's poverty rate rose

How Duluth's poverty rate rose

From the Duluth News Tribune: It appears the Census did a better job of counting college students this year, and many of them technically are living in poverty. The number of students counted in Duluth increased from 14,102 in 2008 to 15,219 in 2009, according to the results of the latest U.S. Census American Community…
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Why this year's Tommie-Johnnie rivalry shirts are offending people

Ah, there’s something about football that brings out the meathead humor in students. Each year, the jokes are the same: Your team is lame, your women are loose and your manhood is questionable. Take the long rivalry between the University of St. Thomas and St. John’s University. Students there have a history of printing raunchy,…
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