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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.

Final notes on Midmorning student-loan chat

Here are my notes from the last part of Midmorning’s chat on student loans. In this part, Zac Bissonnette joins Kerri Miller and finance author Erica Sandberg. Bissonnette is a reporter with Daily Finance and author of Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents.…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's The Airplane Rule for student loans?

Student and college finance author/blogger Zac Bissonnette on why parents should not go too much into debt to finance their children’s education: I have what’s called The Airplane Rule: Please make sure you have your own oxygen mask on before assisting your child. Don’t loot your retirement. Short-term measures are OK, but don’t take on…
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More notes on Midmorning student-loan talk

More notes on Midmorning student-loan talk

Part II of the Midmorning chat with Erica Sandberg, financial education director and co-host for the web-based video program Change Starts at Home, as well as a columnist and reporter for CreditCards.com. She is author of Expecting Money: The Essential Financial Plan for New and Growing Families. Caller: I’m going to grad school. Suggestions? ES:…
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Notes on Midmorning's student loan talk

Student default rates are at a 10-year high. People now owe more on student loans than they do on their credit cards. What does this mean for students and parents? How should they cope with that if they’re planning for their education – or already trying to pay it off? MPR’s Kerri Miller talked with…
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Notes in the Margins: Flat-rate tuition, entrepreneurs and no fall classes

Flat-Rate Tuition System Weighed in Florida Being a full-time undergrad at some Florida schools may soon mean paying a flat rate for tuition, no matter how many classes you take. (universitybusiness.com) Value of College Degree Is Growing Despite rising tuition and student-loan debt levels, the long-term payoff from earning a college degree is increasing, the…
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To get a degree, students borrow more than they can handle

To get a degree, students borrow more than they can handle

Not only do Americans' college student loans exceed their credit card debt, but the U.S. Secretary of Education expects students will soon default at the highest rate since 1998. Midmorning explores the lending practices that experts blame for student's struggle to pay back their loans.

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Why the DREAM Act may be good business

Why the DREAM Act may be good business

MPR’s Sasha Aslanian has this report on the DREAM Act, the federal legislation that would grant a path to citizenship to immigrant youths if they completed high school or had a GED and pursued two years of college or military service. The bipartisan federal legislation, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has attached as…
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Today's Question: State higher-ed funding

Check out Today’s Question, which gets to the heart of much of higher education in Minnesota: Should the state’s investment in public colleges and universities be greater or smaller? The question gurus at MPR lay out the stances of the three candidates for governor and then let readers take it from there. Join in here.
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