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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.

Should some ditch the pre-med path?

  anolobb via Flickr Mind your Faulkner In today’s Midmorning program, Kerri Miller talked to two physicians about how some medical schools – including Mt. Sinai Medical School in New York — are taking in some students with nontraditional backgrounds. A recent Mt. Sinai study indicated that students with humanities backgrounds perform just as well…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

Buyer, beware: Students have filed a class-action lawsuit against a Denver for-profit college, saying it lied to them to get their money. Law students, beware: They’re criticizing law schools, who they say exaggerate employment prospects as a way to suck students into costly degrees. Low-income students, beware: Student support services are shrinking due to lack of federal funding.…
by Alex Friedrich

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A new way into med school

A new way into med school

A New York medical school is reserving a few spots for humanities and social sciences majors without requiring hard sciences. Midmorning asks how essential those "weed-out" sciences like organic chemistry and physics are for creating great doctors.

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Why St. Paul College is "Shakespeare with power tools"

Why St. Paul College is "Shakespeare with power tools"

MPR/Alex Friedrich Best in America Washington Monthly’smethod of ranking colleges, preferred by one New York Times economics blogger for its emphasis on graduation rates, has championed one St. Paul community college — but may have goofed the results for another. The magazine had nothing but praise for St. Paul College, which topped its list of best community colleges in America:…
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What really happens on Move-in Day

What really happens on Move-in Day

Crispy Chicken via Flickr Hi, Mom When my parents and I first stepped into the elevator of Russell Hall during Move-In Day at the University of Georgia, it reeked of vomit and stale beer. That was 1984. From a glance at the police report on St. Cloud’s recent 3-day move-in period, it looks like not much has…
by Alex Friedrich

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What NOT to look for in the next university chief

What NOT to look for in the next university chief

Let’s talk about student fees — not my housing costs Former University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof is upsetting colleagues at the University of California, where his housing shenanigans have cost the cash-strapped university system $600,000 over the past two years. When he recently vacated his rented house in Oakland Hills: in his haste to get…
by Alex Friedrich

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School starts for 16,000 students in southwest Minnesota

School starts for 16,000 students in southwest Minnesota

Monday is the first day of school for more than 16,000 students in southwestern Minnesota, even though state law prevents most schools from starting before Labor Day. A group of schools got special permission to start early, saying it would help them raise test scores.
by Tom Weber

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A different way to study global warming

MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill has a piece on a $10 million grant for the University of Minnesota to study climate change. Kumar said researchers will design new analytical models, based on existing climate data, rather than existing physics-based models. He said that could pave the way to more detailed predictions.
by Alex Friedrich

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Why it's not over for Grandma & Grandpa

roblisameehan via Flickr Cough it up   A conversation is heating up on Facebook over reporter Tim Post’s story on how some students are relying on their grandparents to help pay for college. Most of the back-and-forth appears to be about whether today’s college students are working hard enough to pay for their own education. Are they…
by Alex Friedrich

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