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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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The recruiting poster that Minnesota colleges should hide

The recruiting poster that Minnesota colleges should hide

I stumbled across this poster on Twitter recently, and I had to chuckle. Remember when I posted about how Minnesota private-college recruiters sell the cold? Yeah, this might not be the way. (Fun stuff, though. Thanks to Jillian Hiscock and the College of St. Benedict.)
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Gender ratios, loan refinancing and recruitment of high-school freshmen

Promote Faculty Based on Where They Work, Not Where They Don’t  One line in the cover letters of some promotion review packets makes me highly uncomfortable: “As part of your review, please inform us whether this candidate would be promoted to the same rank if s/he were at your university.” I fear that this question is Read more →
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After string of canceled school days, parents search for child care, entertainment for kids

After string of canceled school days, parents search for child care, entertainment for kids

For working parents finding childcare during these cancellations can be a challenge -- and parents with flexible schedules are running out of ways to keep their kids from going stir-crazy during these long winter days at home.
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State universities to give veterans a boost in grad-school admissions

State universities to give veterans a boost in grad-school admissions

State universities are discussing ways to give added consideration to military veterans who apply to this fall’s graduate and professional programs. Acting on the legislature’s orders last session, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) officials have drafted a policy making veteran status as a “positive factor” in admissions. But they said they don’t know yet Read more →
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Governor: Shocked about U of M – Duluth funding imbalance

Governor: Shocked about U of M – Duluth funding imbalance

MPR News’ Dan Kraker has reported this from Duluth: Gov. Mark Dayton said Friday that he was shocked to hear that there is an imbalance of funding between funding for the University of Minnesota-Duluth and the Twin Cities campus. At a UMD forum held by Dayton and several state legislators, several people faculty and staff Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Testing, 24-hour dining and privatization of higher ed

U-Md. and Johns Hopkins offer specialized sequences of online courses via Coursera  The campuses are among the first to offer specialty sequences of courses. Hopkins is listing a sequence of nine MOOCs in data science, with certificates available to those who pass all nine, complete a capstone project and pay $490. (The Washington Post) Is the Read more →
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State wants rural schools to go back to five-day weeks, despite savings

School district officials say a four-day schedule works well for students and their communities. But Minnesota Department of Education officials would like to see the shortened weeks go the way of the one-room schoolhouse.
by Tim Post

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