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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.

What folks want to ask the U-Minn prez

Here are some of the questions that members of MPR’s Public Insight Network have submitted to us for consideration in tomorrow evening’s discussion with University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks, as part of our Bright Ideas series. Some have been edited for length: With the increases in tuition costs and the scarcity of financial aid…
by Alex Friedrich

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U-Minn prez talks higher-ed at MPR tomorrow

U-Minn prez talks higher-ed at MPR tomorrow

For those of you who haven’t heard, MPR’s Stephen Smith will host a discussion tomorrow (Tuesday) with University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks on the future of American higher education. It’s 7-8:30 p.m and is free. Please join us! Here’s the info from the sign-up page: President Obama has said “America cannot lead in the…
by Alex Friedrich

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What not to do with your St. Olaf ID

First and foremost, never wear your ID around your neck. Ever. People that choose to wear their IDs in this fashion are immediately pegged as first years and will be mocked incessantly by upperclassmen. — Senior Karen Hopper, a music and political science major, in the Manitou Messenger, St. Olaf’s student newspaper. It’s one of…
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How land-grants have neglected mission

How land-grants have neglected mission

University of Minnesota gadfly professor Bill Gleason had a piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education yesterday about how he thinks the U is neglecting its mission as a land-grant university by trying to become a premier research institution. The mission of a land-grant institution “is to concentrate on the teaching of agriculture, science, and…
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Why neighbors are fed up with Mac parties

“People aren’t finding a discreet corner. They’re peeing in people’s  yards and on their property, and not stopping when neighbors ask them  to. Peeing on someone’s house?  Come on.  That’s above  and beyond inappropriate behavior.” — Macalester College Dean of Students Jim Hoppe on a recent increase in neighborhood complaints of student partying. He said…
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7 reasons your roommates hate you

I recently posted a list of eight things that stopped being cool after college, and you could probably include a number of those in the following list: Seven Reasons Why Your College Roommates Hate You. Being a Californian in the deep South, I was guilty of #5 — though I talked more about my home…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: lazy faculty, flooding and profs in dorms

Job Openings for University Leaders With ‘Few Morals, Flexible Ethics’ An unknown prankster placed fake ads for new leaders at the University of Puerto Rico, apparently to make a political statement. (chronicle.com) Water, water everywhere…again The 2010-2011 school year started out with a bang in Mellby Hall at St. Olaf, as the basement floor –…
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Target directs $500 million towards education

Target directs $500 million towards education

Target Corp. will spend more than $500 million on education through 2015 as the company refocuses its philanthropy on a new reading push and other school programs.

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Commission: Bell Museum got a raw deal

“The Bell Museum staff needs an apology from the university administration.” — Mike Banker, communications manager for the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, which oversees close to 70 percent of the funding of the film Troubled Waters. A couple of University of Minnesota staffers are taking that message back to the mother ship after attending…
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