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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.

Four classes for your modern life

Four classes for your modern life

The summer before I went to grad school to study political economy, I read — cover to cover — an introductory economics textbook by Harvard professor Gregory Mankiw. Great little book. Very accessible. So I took notice when I saw the following list in The New York Times about what courses students need for life…
by Alex Friedrich

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What a century can accomplish for a college

It has been a good summer for Saint Paul College. Last month, Atlantic Monthly ranked it the No.1 community college in America, calling it “Shakespeare With Power Tools” in a special report. Its Friends of Saint Paul College foundation started this spring and has already giving out more than $20,000 in scholarships. And today it…
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Reading: Kind of important

Tip # 6 from “10 tips every freshman should know,” on the University of St. Thomas’ student-run organization, TommieMedia: Read the book – It may seem like a waste to read the textbook when the teacher is going to repeat it the next day. But the ability to interact is crucial. You won’t have to…
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Univ. of Minn. drops light-rail lawsuit

MPR’s Tim post has this piece on the U’s dropping of its lawsuit over Central Corridor plans. The crux of it: The panel … gave a green light to the Metropolitan Council’s efforts to mitigate any damage to university laboratories or equipment during construction and operation of the line.
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Notes in the Margins: humanities, European fund-raising, low-skill jobs

Can the Humanities Survive the 21st Century? The shifting social mission of the university will contribute to the shrinkage of the humanities. They will have a home somewhere in 2110, but it won’t be in universities. (chronicle.com) State begins moving I-35W wreckage For many University of Minnesota students, the wreckage has been a constant sight,…
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Researchers dig deep to understand how we learn

Researchers dig deep to understand how we learn

As schools across the country convened for the year, a New York Times story surveyed the recent research into how we learn and retain new information. The findings could change how teachers reach students effectively.

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Tommies offered $25 million matching gift

An anonymous donor has offered $25 million to the University of  St. Thomas as a matching grant — the largest such gift in the university’s history. If fully matched, the grant would bring the total of its St. Thomas’ Opening Doors capital campaign to at least $440 million, or 88 percent of the campaign’s $500…
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