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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.

The University of Minnesota's big push for more research funding

The University of Minnesota's big push for more research funding

Although the University of Minnesota’s research partnerships with industry have been fairly flat over the past few years, President Eric Kaler is on a campaign to give them a big boost, MPR’s Tim Post reports today. Part of the push was a recently announced — and well-received — change in policy in which the U…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Humphrey School fellows help fund their own jobs

// To fund programs in an era of tight finances, the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs is using a model that may be a bit unusual in the academic world of public policy: the self-funded fellow. The salaries and benefits of the school’s 30-plus tenured and tenure-track faculty are funded by the…
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Notes in the Margins: Dropouts, donor intent and race-based admissions

Let’s Stop Celebrating College Dropouts In a time of economic uncertainty, America’s imagination has been captured by companies largely founded by college dropouts. Our school curricula certainly don’t emphasize applied business skills. High schools don’t teach finance, colleges don’t teach sales. Conformity seems prized over risk-taking. It’s an easy argument to make. But what is the evidence?…
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Investigation, unspecified allegations against new Duluth schools superintendant

The Duluth School Board voted late Monday to place school superintendent I.V. Foster on paid administrative leave. A Minneapolis law firm that represents the Board will investigate unspecified allegations made against Foster.
by Dan Kraker

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Why some UMN grad students want to organize

Why some UMN grad students want to organize

Last week I covered a forum on a group of University of Minnesota graduate students who want to unionize. On the radio, I mentioned the group’s desire to have a greater say in their working conditions. But typical reporter that I am, I needed to get to the issue of why they thought they needed…
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What a Minnetonka High college applicant is writing for the NY Times

Money will be an issue for me when choosing a college. I looked at schools farther away, like Cornell University and University of California, Davis, but I just can’t afford to pay that much for an undergraduate degree. My parents have agreed to pay only the equivalent of in-state tuition, and I don’t want an…
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Video: Why that cow was on the Mac campus

Video: Why that cow was on the Mac campus

Remember that cow on Macalester Campus that people were talking about a couple of weeks ago? Here’s why it was there — a Mac spoof of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, starring President Brian Rosenberg. (Rosenberg is at it again after his popular President’s Day video.) And that cow reference: It’s a well-known Mac story that…
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