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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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U of M study: Fast food diets prevail on campus

U of M study: Fast food diets prevail on campus

And I thought campus grub had improved since my old college days. Research from the University of Minnesota indicates that students who eat food available at student unions or centers — though not on campus meal plans — might as well be eating at McDonald’s. They concluded that those who eat at home or bring Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Carleton: Here’s how you turn your liberal-arts degree into a job

Carleton: Here’s how you turn your liberal-arts degree into a job

Carleton College classics professor Clara Shaw Hardy tells the Star Tribune that the college’s Pathways website, which helps students figure out how to turn a liberal-arts degree into a career, reflects a relatively recent parental desire to make such education relevant: “When I got here 20 years ago, I know I would have found it almost offensive. Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Unions, teacher training and the four-year degree

Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1  What is the true value these days of a college education? (The New York Times) Pushing to graduate in 4 years: smart move? There are compelling arguments on both sides. (USA Today) U.S. Teams Up With Operator of Online Courses to Plan a Global Network Coursera, a California-based venture that has enrolled Read more →
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Is the U ugly?

Is the U ugly?

My gratitude for being able to cover a campus as attractive as the University of Minnesota has just been crushed. Or bolstered. It’s so hard to tell. The Star Tribune has reported — in read that’s quite a bit of fun — that Travel & Leisure magazine has named the U one of the ugliest Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Early decision, Sallie Mae and college liability

College Admissions: When Early Decision Is the Wrong Decision: Committing early may cause FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). (Time) College students more sexually educated than 20 years ago Only 17% of college students at a Mid-Atlantic university failed a sexual knowledge test, compared with 55% who failed the test when it was administered nationally by the Read more →
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Concordia moving 2013 Christmas concert off-campus

Concordia College is moving its annual Christmas concert off-campus this year because of concerns about the snow load capacity on the roof of Memorial Auditorium.

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Minn. in market for new student testing company

The search comes amid frustration over technical glitches that affected tests taken by thousands of students last spring. Education department officials have documented problems they've had with the company, ranging from issue with test questions and scoring to inability to meet deadlines.
by Tim Post

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