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May 5, 2014 10:06 AM

What the U says about the Senate’s bonding bill

Just got this reaction from the U to the Senate’s public-works funding bill: The following is a statement from University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler regarding the Minnesota Senate Capital Investment Committee’s bonding bill issued today: “I’d like to thank the Senate Capital Investment Committee and Chair LeRoy Stumpf for their funding proposal and continued Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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May 5, 2014 5:20 AM

Notes in the Margins: Catholic colleges, black students, and study abroad

Why sexual assault cases on campus are often investigated by school, not police Many victims are not prepared to go through the entire legal process because it can laborious and often not successful in winning a conviction. Some who don’t want to go to the police still don’t want the person who assaulted them living Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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May 4, 2014 5:00 PM

'Massive Open Online Course' movement sputters as students underperform, drop out

The free online courses that top-notch universities offer to the public were once hyped as an innovation that could threaten the higher education establishment. But now many in the industry are scaling back expectations.

by Alex Friedrich

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May 4, 2014 4:26 PM

English teacher named Minnesota's Teacher of the Year

An English teacher who teaches classes in Minneapolis and Crystal has been named Minnesota's Teacher of the Year for 2014.

by Matt Sepic

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May 4, 2014 9:16 AM

US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students

New studies from the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association are calling attention to a "diversity gap" at elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The groups want more to be done to help teachers more accurately mirror the students in their classrooms.

by The Associated Press

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May 2, 2014 10:26 AM

Klobuchar wants more money for campus sex-assault monitoring

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has called for an increase in the number of federal investigators who make sure colleges properly handle and report sexual assault cases on their campuses. The Minnesota Democrat has joined 11 other Senators in requesting millions of dollars to fund additional personnel. She and her colleagues say investigation into colleges’ alleged Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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May 2, 2014 9:00 AM

When parents opt out of student testing

On this week's Friday Roundtable, we look at the current testing of Minnesota students. What happens when students opt out?

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May 2, 2014 8:17 AM

Waseca prosecutors eye adult charges in teen's plot to kill; school leaders, parents meet

The arrest came Wednesday night after the Waseca Police Department and members of the Bloomington bomb squad executed search warrants at a residence and storage facility in Waseca.

by Tim Nelson and Elizabeth Baier

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May 1, 2014 11:08 AM

Franken bill aims to help clarify college costs

For those following politics and the cost of college, here’s an announcement I just got about a proposed Net Price Calculator Improvement Act. (Here’s what MPR colleague Tim Post has written about Net Price Calculators.) The meat of the announcement is toward the bottom in bold: Sens. Franken, Grassley Introduce New Bipartisan Bill to Give Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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May 1, 2014 3:21 AM

University of Minnesota’s reaction to students gathering over diversity

University of Minnesota spokesman Chuck Tombarge had this to say late yesterday afternoon about the dozen or so students who gathered in front of Morrill Hall to voice concerns over diversity at the U: Since late January, several members of the senior leadership team (from both the Office of Student Affairs and the Office for Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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