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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.

Univ. of Minn. drops light-rail lawsuit

MPR’s Tim post has this piece on the U’s dropping of its lawsuit over Central Corridor plans. The crux of it: The panel … gave a green light to the Metropolitan Council’s efforts to mitigate any damage to university laboratories or equipment during construction and operation of the line.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: humanities, European fund-raising, low-skill jobs

Can the Humanities Survive the 21st Century? The shifting social mission of the university will contribute to the shrinkage of the humanities. They will have a home somewhere in 2110, but it won’t be in universities. (chronicle.com) State begins moving I-35W wreckage For many University of Minnesota students, the wreckage has been a constant sight,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Researchers dig deep to understand how we learn

Researchers dig deep to understand how we learn

As schools across the country convened for the year, a New York Times story surveyed the recent research into how we learn and retain new information. The findings could change how teachers reach students effectively.

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Tommies offered $25 million matching gift

An anonymous donor has offered $25 million to the University of  St. Thomas as a matching grant — the largest such gift in the university’s history. If fully matched, the grant would bring the total of its St. Thomas’ Opening Doors capital campaign to at least $440 million, or 88 percent of the campaign’s $500…
by Alex Friedrich

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Guessing enrollment and watching the money

Guessing enrollment and watching the money

While I was blogging on the first day of classes at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities campus, colleague Tim Post of MPR produced two finance-related stories. Both shed a little light on the maneuvering that goes on behind the scenes when it comes to college funding. The first was on the tough time…
by Alex Friedrich

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Twin Cities 9th best college metro area

Twin Cities 9th best college metro area

I wonder whether it’s a sign that the major college rankings season is over when the economics nerds do their own version. The American Institute for Economic Research, one of the oldest economic research organizations in the country, has released its annual “College Destinations Index,” which ranks the 75 best towns and cities for college…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: parenting, privacy, safety and Wikipedia

The Anti-Parent Agenda of Colleges Programs to handle “helicopter parents” are an attempt to intimidate them into surrendering their influence to that of supposedly “superior” professional “educators” who know what’s best for our children. (HumanEvents.com) Exposed student data leaves prying eyes wide open An online MCTC directory left sensitive student data and internal documents accessible…
by Alex Friedrich

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