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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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Tips on how to study

I’m always interested in study tips and techniques, so I checked out this University of St. Thomas student reporter’s take on a recent New York Times article about studying and the brain. TommyMedia discussed the piece and asked folks from the school to add their own tips, which I’ve condensed: Change study locations. Research shows…
by Alex Friedrich

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U-Minn chemical spill under investigation

U-Minn chemical spill under investigation

Authorities are still investigating yesterday’s chemical spill at a University of Minnesota lab, which injured two students and closed off a couple of blocks along Harvard Street Southeast. U spokesman Dan Wolter wrote in an e-mail, “There is nothing to suggest there was improper handling of materials at the current time. However, as with every…
by Alex Friedrich

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U-Minn profs: Academic freedom on the line

U-Minn profs: Academic freedom on the line

MPR’s Tim Post has this report on how some faculty at the University of Minnesota are on edge over academic freedom after the pulling of the Troubled Waters environmental film — even though some say the U has a solid track record of backing up its researchers. The film has since been given the green…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU gets $800,000 to help students re-enroll

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Foundation has received an $800,000 grant to encourage former students to re-enroll and complete their degrees.

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Notes in the Margins: Bias, water bottles and med-school sleepiness

Digging Out of the Hole A flurry of recent reports show a number of college endowments are beginning to rebound after taking a brutal hit during the recession, but even some of the top performers are struggling to reach the high-water marks of yesteryear. (Inside Higher Ed) Thinking Outside the Bottle More and more colleges…
by Alex Friedrich

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After film flap, U faculty on edge over academic freedom

After film flap, U faculty on edge over academic freedom

The situation over the "Troubled Waters" documentary has raised broader concerns about academic freedom and pressures from outside the University of Minnesota.
by Tim Post

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Chronicle: Minn notable in stressing cuts

Chronicle: Minn notable in stressing cuts

Even as higher ed picks up a little steam in the Minnesota gubernatorial race, it’s getting some real attention in a number of the three dozen other races across the nation — and is a key issue in three other states: Ohio, California and Florida. But whereas increased higher ed spending is being pushed by…
by Alex Friedrich

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Commissioners still worry of possible U censorship, self-censorship and polarization

Commissioners still worry of possible U censorship, self-censorship and polarization

It doesn’t sound like some members of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources are buying the assurances today of Dean Al Levine of the U — or those of President Bob Bruininks yesterday — that no censorship or self-censorship was involved in the pulling of Troubled Waters. Here are some edited comments from this afternoon’s…
by Alex Friedrich

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Ag dean: I'm sensitive about ag getting all the blame

Here are some notes on U of M College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences Dean Al Levine’s remarks to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. They are not a verbatim account: I’m very sorry about the way it all played out. I have never experienced any censorship. We always defend the faculty first and…
by Alex Friedrich

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Rep. Wagenius: We need ag ethics group

I’m at a meeting of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. They’re now taking a lunch break to watch Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story, the river pollution documentary that the University of Minnesota pulled and later allowed to be shown. I’ve taken notes. So far, the commission’s co-chair, state Rep. Jean Wagenius (DFL), told U…
by Alex Friedrich

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