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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.

Where did that inane St. Olaf phrase come from?

When I visited St. Olaf College last week, I wanted to find out what the expression “Um! Yah! Yah!” meant. No luck. The folks I spoke to really didn’t know. Then I found the 2005 St. Olaf magazine article above on the Web. Its explanation: The rouser, it turns out, is actually based upon the…
by Alex Friedrich

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How fairly is differential tuition being carried out in Minnesota?

“I think it’s all part of the puzzle. Universities have to find out ways to fund their programs, and (differential tuition is) part of it. But from a student’s perspective it can be difficult to continue to watch your tuition increase.” — St. Cloud State student leader Amanda Bardonner to the St. Cloud Times on…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Dead Week, citizenship and the no-sense debt boycott

At Va. Tech, gunfire is amplified into unshakable curse of the Hokie How could it be possible that on this beautiful campus tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a place prepared with an alert system, lockdown plan and evacuation routes, blood could spill once more? (The Washington Post) Can Washington fix what ails American higher ed? At…
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Anoka-Hennepin reconsiders sexual orientation policy

Anoka-Hennepin reconsiders sexual orientation policy

Minnesota's largest school district is considering changes to its neutrality policy on sexual orientation, a stance that critics contend has left gay and lesbian students without protection.
by Tom Weber and Elizabeth Dunbar

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Is class choice fueling the very problems that anger Occupiers?

Is class choice fueling the very problems that anger Occupiers?

In the podcast I just posted, Anne Neal, president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni explains why she thinks students should have less choice in their college classes: “When we look at college and university curricula today, what we find is they are pretty much “anything goes.” … (Students) are being asked to…
by Alex Friedrich

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Podcast: What the Occupy movement means to higher ed

If you haven’t noticed already, American RadioWorks (our documentary arm) has been producing a lot of stuff on higher education this year. Here’s a piece on Occupy Wall Street and college: The Occupy Wall Street movement is spreading to college campuses, where students are protesting rising tuition costs and poor job prospects in today’s economy.…
by Alex Friedrich

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