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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.

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Notes in the Margins: Snacks, campus police and Paterno's discipline problem

A Discipline Problem Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno clashed repeatedly with the university’s former chief disciplinarian over how harshly to punish players who got into trouble, internal emails suggest, shedding new light on the school’s effort to balance its reputation as a magnet for scholar-athletes with the demands of running a nationally dominant football…
by Alex Friedrich

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How the U is framing the transfer access-collaboration issue

How the U is framing the transfer access-collaboration issue

Just over a week ago I wrote about a conversation I had with Robert McMaster, the University of Minnesota’s dean of undergraduate education, about the U’s decision to cut back a little on the number of transfers it’s accepting. The decision had raised a question in my mind about the U’s commitment to increased cooperation…
by Alex Friedrich

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How some UM-Duluth medical faculty are irritating students

“As a student it’s really frustrating to hear. Because it’s like, ‘I thought you were here to help me learn.” — Jamie Totman, vice president of the second-year class at the University of Minnesota – Duluth‘s medical school, on the decision by some faculty not to allow their lectures to be recorded despite the U’s…
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What a Wisconsin prof thought about RateMyProfessors.com

“Students who use RateMyProfessors.com are likely providing each other with useful information about quality of instruction.” — UW-Eau Claire associate professor April Bleske-Rechek and student Amber Fritsch in the journal Practical Assessment Research & Evaluation on a study they recently conducted of the controversial collegiate Web site. They cautioned, however, against basing promotions on the scores. Read…
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Notes in the Margins: Band lyrics, pepper spray and a work-centered culture

Americans Need More Work And Less College If the United States is really serious about competing with the work-centered countries of Asia, the key lies not in more government programs, but in restoring America’s own work-centered culture. The first step toward accomplishing this is to end the over-subsidization of higher education, which creates incentives for many…
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How MCAD's Coogan sees his school, students and the future

How MCAD's Coogan sees his school, students and the future

As part of my wrap-up of a day spent at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, I chatted with President Jay Coogan. He’s a sculptor, and came to MCAD from the Rhode Island School of Design. And having come from New England, he’s no stranger to cold winters. Here are some highlights from our…
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How the Tommie yearbook will change again

“(It was) sort of an awkward spot going from having a book to having a little bit of an awkward website to what we’re going to try to do now.” — University of St. Thomas sophomore and lead yearbook photographer Alex Rollins on how the Aquinas yearbook went digital last year. Read the full story…
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How Moorhead's school spirit differs from that of Russian universities

How Moorhead's school spirit differs from that of Russian universities

“I am impressed by how much your students really love the university and how patriotic their behavior is toward the university. We can see the emblem of the Dragon practically everywhere. It’s within the community. It’s about students who take pride in their university.” — Russian NGO official Aleksandr Bryukhanov in The Advocate after touring…
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