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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.

U-Minn's National Research Council assessment

U-Minn's National Research Council assessment

This is not your usual popular-media college ranking. So those looking for a quick guide to graduate programs can move along. Today, the National Research Council released its assessment of U.S. doctoral programs covering more than 5,000 programs in 62 fields at 212 universities nationwide. It’s supposed to help universities evaluate and improve the quality…
by Alex Friedrich

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U-Minn approves funding of health center

The University of Minnesota has taken another step toward opening an outpatient health center near the corner of Huron Boulevard and Fulton Street, Pioneer Press reporter Doug Belden reports. At five stories and 400,000 square feet, the facility would house a surgery center as well as specialty clinics and related services, Belden writes. It’s supposed…
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U-Minn White Coat author talks corruption and human guinea pigs

Dr. Carl Elliott, a professor of bioethics and pediatrics at the University of Minnesota and author of the book White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine dicusses conflict of interest in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries with MedCity News. Here’s an excerpt. Read the rest of the interview here. Q. Your book focuses…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: Northfield sandbagging vs. flood

Video: Northfield sandbagging vs. flood

In case you haven’t seen much flood footage, here’s a video of Northfield’s sandbagging efforts from this past weekend. As one guy in the video puts it: Does this not beat studying, or what?! Found it on http://www.joannao.blogspot.com/
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Notes in the Margins: E-mentoring, Mac's capacity and the MRS degree

Editorial: Don’t retreat from worker retraining Taken together, 70 percent of the new and replacement jobs forecast to open in the next decade will require some post-high school education. That’s a stunning change since the 1970s, when only 28 percent of jobs required some college study. Job training is central to the mission of the…
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Obama: Money alone can't solve school predicament

Obama: Money alone can't solve school predicament

President Barack Obama started the school week Monday with a call for a longer school year, and said the worst-performing teachers have "got to go" if they don't improve quickly.

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Late start Tuesday

I’ll be covering University of Minnesota President Robert Bruinink’s evening forum on higher education here at MPR, so I’ll be starting my day in the early afternoon. Look for my link roundup and other posts starting around 2-:2:30. Hope to see you at the forum.
by Alex Friedrich

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Carleton College flooding update

Carleton College flooding update

    Here’s an update to Friday’s post on the damage, evacuations and driving disruptions that Carleton College has suffered because of flooding. It’s a copy of a memo that the Carleton administration has sent to the school. Stuff in bold is mine: ——– Original Message ——– Subject: [Staff-all] Update on Flood Damage and Current…
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Flooding disrupts Gustavus-bound traffic

      Drivers to Carleton College aren’t the only ones affected by flooding. Gustavus Adolphus College and its newspaper, The Gustavian Weekly, both have advisories on how people get around the flooding to campus. “One of the big problems is that you can’t get across the Minnesota River for quite a ways,” said Tom…
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