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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.

How to curb student drinking

DRust via Flickr No change in social norms here   In light of the new fall semester, on today’s Morning Edition, Phil Picardi interviewed Toben Nelson, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health on what colleges can do to curb student drinking.  Nelson’s work was the subject of a piece last…
by Alex Friedrich

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U of M receives $10M grant to study climate change

A major grant to the University of Minnesota will fund a multi-disciplinary team studying the implications of climate change in some detail.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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NPR: What the Beloit Mindset really tells us

NPR: What the Beloit Mindset really tells us

  ProfessorMortis via Flickr Let’s rethink this Linda Holmes writes on NPR’s Monkey See blog that the Beloit College Mindset List says more about the mindset of the authors than it does about each year’s crop of freshmen. (In this year’s list, the authors say students see Clint Eastwood as a director of thoughtful movies — not…
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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

Foreign students coming back: China has helped push international student applications to U.S. graduate schools past their 2003 level, which was the point before 9/11-related visa restrictions drove them down. American grad schools, however, continue to send fewer offers of admission to two of the largest producers of such students, India and South Korea. The…
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Business: A solution to the remedial mess

Business: A solution to the remedial mess

noaidstaskforce via Flickr TFA: A way to curb the need for remedial work? The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s Bill Blazar writes on the LearnmoreMN blog that the state is putting too much into remedial education in college, and calls for change in the K-12 system. He advocates alternative teacher licensure as a way to get professionals more…
by Alex Friedrich

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When to show up for class

When to show up for class

Lorianne DiSabato via Flickr They’re waiting for you Party while you can, students. On Monday it’s time to get serious. That’s when a slew of colleges and universities around the state will start their fall terms. Carleton students, however, still have a little time to hang out. They won’t roll in till Sept. 13. Here’s a First Day…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

What college is all about: A list of colleges with the highest-earning graduates. No, it has no Minnesota campuses. And no, it’s not really what college is all about. Tommie graduation = spring on campus: Now that construction work at the Univ. of St. Thomas is complete, graduation will be back on campus this year —…
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College sports not immune from budget cuts

College sports not immune from budget cuts

St. Cloud State University is considering cutting its football program and other sports as it deals with a budget shortfall.
by Tim Post

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St. Cloud State may end football program

Sorry, football fans. Hockey’s where it’s at, according to MPR’s Tim Post. St. Cloud state may be cutting its football team, because it can’t survive on its own. Hockey, however, can pull its own weight. And in these belt-tightening times, SCSU president Earl Potter sees things practically: “I cannot lay off tenured faculty and leave sports untouched.” Potter…
by Alex Friedrich

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Gawker: University of Minnesota has 5th highest total student debt load

Gawker: University of Minnesota has 5th highest total student debt load

swamysk via Flickr Now why did I go to school? From the Take-This-With-a-Grain-of-Salt-Department: I just got Gawker’s Top Ten Universities for Student Debt list forwarded by a colleague. It’s an interesting list, but limited in its usefulness, as it appears to be fairly raw data: 1) New York University: $659 million 2) University of Southern California:…
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