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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.

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Clothing retailer donates downtown building to U of M – Duluth

Clothing retailer donates downtown building to U of M – Duluth

MPR reporter Dan Kraker reports: A Duluth-based woman’s clothing retailer announced today it will donate one of its current headquarters buildings to the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Maurices is building a new office headquarters slated to open in December next year. The company is currently spread out in three buildings. It will donate the largest one, Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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What conclusions can one draw from 5 years of sexual-assault data?

What conclusions can one draw from 5 years of sexual-assault data?

Today’s Star Tribune reports that sexual assaults reported at Minnesota colleges went up 23 percent from 2008 to 2012, and reports at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities rose 31 percent. The bar charts included the print version of the newspaper, however, show a picture that’s more complicated than the one portrayed in the Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Parents, search committees and the for-profit image

Doing Higher Ed Right Increasing education funding! Hiring full-time professors! Are these places for real? (Slate) The politics of the public eye There are clear and direct benefits for academics to communicate with broader audiences, but what about the downsides? This is less about the media platforms facilitating exposure and more about the divisive elements Read more →
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St. Paul teachers union sets strike vote date

The St. Paul Federation of Teachers has been in contract negotiations with district officials since May. Both sides say they've made progress, but sticking points include teacher compensation, class sizes and the amount of standardized testing done in the district.
by Tim Post

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University of Minnesota wants to continue stadium alcohol sales

University of Minnesota wants to continue stadium alcohol sales

University of Minnesota officials want beer and wine to keep flowing at TCF Bank Stadium. On Friday, regents will review a report on the U’s two-year experiment selling beer and wine in the stadium comes to an end July 1. Campus officials say selling alcohol has led to no significant increase in the number of Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Coed dorms, counselors’ admissions and a higher-ed overhaul

An Inmate and a Scholar When the newest issue of Columbia Journal of European Law came out last month featuring a 31-page scholarly article on Turkish nationals in the European Union, the author’s note at the bottom of the first page was the only indication that the writer was not your typical Ivy Leaguer. (The New Read more →
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