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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.

GAO fraud video

The feds have put up the video on their investigation into for-profit colleges, along with a transcript. A quick sample: Example 4: Financial Aid Counselors Assisted Students in Committing Fraud Clip 1: Financial Aid Counselor tells student with $250,000 in the bank that he should not report that money on his FAFSA, counter to Department…
by Alex Friedrich

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Web cartoon nails it

Web cartoon nails it

Randall Munroe/xkcd A Web designer’s nightmare My thanks to Professor Bill Gleason of The Periodic Table for pointing out that Monday’s comic — which pokes fun at useless college Web sites — is causing a stir in academic circles. Education journalists have groaned about this privately for years. The article nails this part: The xkcd cartoon was particularly apt…
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GAO investigation into for-profits: Original material here.

Looks like the government-crackdown-on-for-profit-colleges story is heating up with this investigation by the GAO. Here’s the link to the GAO site, where you can find the full report. The page is supposed to have a video clips of undercover ops and voicemail messages from the college recruiters, but they don’t appear to be up yet.
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Early faculty retirements on MnSCU campuses

Lest we forget that layoffs aren’t the only way to shed staff, 41 faculty members have accepted early retirement incentives from campuses in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, according to today’s figures.  System officials say the numbers would include tenured and non-tenured faculty, but a breakdown of that wasn’t available at the time of…
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These layoffs are rare

These layoffs are rare

MPR/Tim Post Professors are bracing themselves Yesterday Tim Post reported that Mankato State is giving layoff notices to a dozen faculty members, a third of whom are tenured. A third tenured — that’s rare. For tenured professors to lose their jobs is a sign of a severe financial situation, say university and faculty representatives. “The universities haven’t…
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Princeton's MN Picks: Carleton, St. Olaf, Gustavus and Mac

Just four Minnesota liberal arts colleges made this year’s Princeton Review annual college rankings — Carleton, St. Olaf, Gustavus Adolphus and Macalester.   Most achievements were in the lifestyle department, with the exception of Carleton’s “Professors Get High Marks” and Mac’s “Most Popular Study Abroad Programs.”   Alas, the almighty U didn’t place.    …
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Should Bethel be responsible for who's under its roof?

Should Bethel be responsible for who's under its roof?

Matthew McDermott via Wikimedia Commons Welcome at Bethel? Academic and environmental blogs have been aflame over the recent nastiness of the dispute between climate skeptic Christopher Monckton and St. Thomas University professor John Abraham. Amid all the hubbub over Monckton’s outlandish behavior and the debate over who has the science right, something strikes me as odd: Here we have a minor celebrity…
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Layoffs at Mankato State

Just learned from colleague Tim Post that the last of a dozen Minnesota State University faculty members in Mankato has received a layoff notice.   A third of them are tenured.   University officials say the layoffs are needed in the face of state-funding cuts that will probably leave the school with a $6 million to $10 million budget shortfall in fiscal…
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(Comic) What school Web sites are good for

Randall Munroe/xkcd And that’s just to check whether it’s a school, college or university   Great piece to start your week. To find the author and his other work, go here.
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