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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.

Notes in the Margins: Recruiters, Pells and free community college

College football recruiters use Twitter to bend the rules The NCAA allows schools to confirm they’re recruiting a specific unsigned prospect, but coaches can’t comment on that recruit’s athletic ability, how he’d contribute to their team or the likelihood that prospect might commit to a particular school. Some coaches and staffers are bending the rules, Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Creativity, happiness and distracted walking

Learning to Think Outside the Box Creativity Becomes an Academic Discipline (The New York Times) Sites like ‘Rate My Professors’ earn mixed grades on campus While many students find these websites a helpful new way to rank teachers, many are also growing the ire of some on campus. (USA Today) Distracted walking widespread at colleges Read more →
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Southwest Minnesota State University faces $3 million cut

Southwest Minnesota State University faces $3 million cut

Southwest Minnesota State University faculty association member Rick Herder tells MPR News reporter Mark Steil the potential fallout of the university’s $3 million budget deficit: “I’m looking right now at a page of programs that they have considered discontinuing or reducing. It includes more than a dozen programs here that could be discontinued or reduced.” Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Uninsured students, misleading aid requirements and education tourism

Congressman: Many colleges are misleading students about financial aid requirements A prominent House Democrat charged Monday that more than 100 colleges and universities, including some in the nation’s capital, are providing students with unclear or potentially misleading information about what forms they must submit to apply for federal financial aid. (The Washington Post) Measuring Colleges’ Success Read more →
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University of Minnesota tightening access to some West Bank buildings

University of Minnesota tightening access to some West Bank buildings

The University of Minnesota is shortening the number of hours the public can access seven buildings on its West Bank campus. The move, a pilot project that started today, comes after a last semester’s spike in robberies — one of which occurred in the Carlson School of Management. The buildings generally used to be open Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Abused vets, Jewish holidays and American grading

Sweeping higher ed overhaul The Education Department’s regulatory machine will be churning at high speed for the next year, with results that could affect which for-profit colleges get federal financial aid, whether parents can easily get loans for their children’s college education and how colleges and programs like Teach for America prepare teachers for the classroom. (Politico via Read more →
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Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall looks to cut $3 million

Other Minnesota schools dealing with budget deficits include Minnesota State University-Moorhead, Winona State, and the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Enrollment shortfalls are a common problem at all the schools.
by Mark Steil

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Notes in the Margins: Research papers, unionized athletes and a Coursera ban

College’s diminishing returns The problem isn’t only that higher education is unaffordable to many but that even at our highest-ranked colleges and universities, students aren’t getting much bang for their buck. (The Seattle Times via University Business) US Government Bans Coursera in Iran, Sudan and Cuba Not coincidentally, these countries are under US economic sanction, prohibiting any American Read more →
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