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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.

Another look at Minnesota student debt data

Powered by Tableau MPR editor Bill Wareham has been playing around with the recent student debt data again and has this chart for your viewing pleasure. (It sometimes helps to look at data from a different angle.)
by Alex Friedrich

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Why aren't more students using e-books?

Why aren't more students using e-books?

… Students also share their textbooks because they are so incredibly expensive. And as the digital rights management (DRM) restrictions on e-books makes lending someone your copy difficult if not impossible, students are likely steering away from e-books because they simply don’t work for them — practically or economically. After all, there is little savings…
by Alex Friedrich

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Solution to Fighting Sioux controversy drags on

Solution to Fighting Sioux controversy drags on

With North Dakota Board of Higher Education President Grant Shaft having suggested the retirement of the controversial Fighting Sioux college mascot, the University of North Dakota’s president and athletics director says the school would indeed be better off without it. From the Associated Press: (Today) members of the North Dakota House and Senate education committees…
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But really, how sex-crazed are college students today?

But really, how sex-crazed are college students today?

Just to make sure we know the kids in our classrooms, 34thStreet (34st.com) has put out its 2011 Street Sex Survey looking at the sexual habits of University of Pennsylvania students. They’re not as racy as the headlines make them out to be. But the topics of the charts sometimes are, so be careful when…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Voting, visas and student entrepreneurship

U.K. Visa Issues May Affect Level of Non-E.U. Students The number of non-European Union students studying in Britain has doubled in a decade, but recent visa requirements could have a negative impact on foreign student numbers, according to a report by Universities UK, an organization representing British universities. (The New York Times) Election highlights voting accessibility…
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Top education lawmakers preview Tuesday's school levy votes

Top education lawmakers preview Tuesday's school levy votes

On Tuesday, 126 Minnesota school districts, including the state's largest, hold elections to raise money for schools. Do Minnesota schools have the money they need, and would more money help the schools succeed in their mission to educate the children?

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What the U will do now with the Tubby Smith hiring case

What the U will do now with the Tubby Smith hiring case

Having been ordered by a state appeals court last month to pay $1 million to former Oklahoma State assistant coach Jimmy Williams over his botched hiring by Tubby Smith, the University of Minnesota has decided to take the case all the way to the top. General Counsel Mark Rotenberg writes today in an e-mailed announcement:…
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Why for-profit colleges didn't appear on last week's debt report

After I ran a few posts and charts last week on this years’ Project on Student Debt report and an interpretation of the Minnesota data, Minneapolis College of Art and Design spokesman Rob Davis pointed out this part of the report: A Note on For-Profit Colleges Private for-profit colleges are not included in the lists…
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Minnesota Varsity returns!

Minnesota Varsity returns!

We're thrilled to announce the opening of our 2nd annual Minnesota Varsity project. Now through January 19th 2012, we're accepting submissions from Minnesota's high school-level Classical and Music Theater musicians for a chance to be heard on-air, online and on stage.

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