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Education News

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.

Hey, students: How not to be a jerk in class

As a counterpart piece to the previous post for professors, “How to Avoid Being a Jerk in the Classroom,” I’m including the other side — something that a professor might say to a student. Its essence: Act like a grownup, and I’ll treat you like one. I had the link in a previous Notes in the Margins,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Hey, profs: How not to be a jerk in class

Hey, profs: How not to be a jerk in class

Earlham College via Flickr Great lectures include showing up on time It’s all about simple reciprocity, writes English professor Billie Hara in the Chronicle of Higher Education. “Did your professors make you suffer through boorish behaviors? There’s no reason to continue that tradition,” she writes. (Sounds like she’s trying to break the hazing mentality.) Remember,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

“Caveat emptor” at Colbert University: Humorist Stephen Colbert and Queens College Professor Andrew Hacker skewer for-profit universities and online education — and take a few shots at higher ed as well. “Shock and awe”: The University of St. Thomas will be opening its new athletic complex next week. Admins are the enemy: The blog Critical Mass quotes…
by Alex Friedrich

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Students clock fewer study hours

Students clock fewer study hours

Economists have discovered that the earning gap for college is even bigger because students are studying far less than previous generations. Midmorning asks if students are coming to college better prepared, or if the schools are complicit in lowering standards?

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Mandatory retirement for professors?

Mandatory retirement for professors?

One professor's proposal for reforming American higher education is to end tenure and push professors to retire earlier. He argues that their best research and teaching days are already behind them, and there aren't enough openings for new professors.

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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…
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Elk River football team suspended over hazing incident

The school district is having a lawyer conduct an investigation into the allegations, and the Elk River Police Department is also involved, a school district spokesman said.
by Tom Weber and Elizabeth Dunbar

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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…
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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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