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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.

Why two-year colleges are engaging parents

Lake Superior College Hovering for information Community colleges — long the choice of commuter students, part-timers and cash-strapped teens living with their parents — usually haven’t needed to roll out the welcome mat for Mom & Dad. But that’s changing. In an unusual move, several two-year institutions in Minnesota have started parent orientations in the past few…
by Alex Friedrich

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St. Cloud State considers fee to save football

  Jayel Aheram via Flickr You can always play in a back lot   You want football? Then pay for it yourself. It’s a tough message coming from Saint Cloud State University, where officials and student leaders are considering a referendum to see whether students would pay money — possibly $2 per credit — to save sports…
by Alex Friedrich

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Fewer, better U of Minnesota faculty recruits?

MPR’s Tim Post reports that this year the University of Minnesota has hired just 60 professors — half the number recruited two years ago. But university officials say they think the fierce competition in this tight job market has a payoff for the U: “This is very much the top of the heap,” said Carney. “I think…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

A little hospitality: American colleges are trying harder to integrate foreign students into campus life. So that’s what a free market is: MSU Mankato no longer requires students in the College of Business to buy a specially configured Dell laptop. For-profits rocketing: The Education Department reports that for-profit colleges increased enrollment 20 percent between the 2007-8 and 2008-9 academic years —…
by Alex Friedrich

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After tornado damaged school, Wadena students to return

After tornado damaged school, Wadena students to return

Wadena's high school building was badly damaged after a tornado tore through the town this June, but that isn't stopping the Wadena-Deer Creek school district officials from holding classes starting Sept. 7.

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Univ. of Minn. prez to join Humphrey Inst.

After his presidency ends at the end of June 2011, University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks will join the faculty of the U’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, university officials announced today. Bruininks will be affiliated with the Center for Integrative Leadership, an interdisciplinary center run by the Humphrey Institute and the Carlson School of…
by Alex Friedrich

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A look at the Univ. of Minnesota's big new building

A look at the Univ. of Minnesota's big new building

Stiff video, but it does the job University of Minnesota Yesterday the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities unveiled its $72.5 million Science Teaching and Student Services building, a 115,000-square-foot construction that replaces the demolished Science Classroom Building on the East Bank. University of Minnesota The new Big Man on Campus I’m not one for showcasing…
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