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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.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

Notes in the Margins: Corruption, religious dorms and strange stuff

The Bucks Guide to Finding Cheap Textbooks: 3rd Edition  Exorbitant college textbook prices have given rise to a “textbook rebellion,” which may be coming to a campus near you. (The New York Times) Your stereotype of college students is bad and you should feel bad The picture of college that the news media tend to Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Minnesota student-loan default rates on the rise

More Minnesotans are defaulting on their student loans within three years after leaving school — but we’re still doing better than much of the nation. The state’s overall failure rate rose from 9 percent to 11 percent of borrowers. That’s better than the national average and the average default rate for Big Ten states, both Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Chancellor suggests revision of plan to overhaul MnSCU

Just got this memo forwarded to me. You may remember that earlier this week, the union representing faculty at state universities announced its opposition to a plan to overhaul how the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system does business. Among other things, they said, it centralizes too much power at the central office, caters Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Jesus, rankings and default rates

Jesus Would Not Do Online Courses There is no specific Catholic or Christian prohibition against online education, but King’s College theology professor Jonathan Malesic does have a point about how online is getting pretty far away from the principles that led Catholic leaders to create colleges in the first place. (Washington Monthly) Barnard President, Says Women Can’t Read more →
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After Totino-Grace fires openly gay teacher, parents differ on policy

After Totino-Grace fires openly gay teacher, parents differ on policy

The recent firing of a longtime Totino-Grace English teacher for being in a same-sex relationship has sparked discussion in the Catholic community. There's no consistent policy for how Catholic schools and colleges treat openly gay teachers or staff who are in relationships.
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Why do the same names keep popping up in Globe inquiries?

Why do the same names keep popping up in Globe inquiries?

I’ve written about four inquiries into business practices at Globe University / Minnesota School of Business, and some readers are probably noticing overlap in the people involved — especially those who accuse the schools of unethical practices. Some names have appeared in multiple articles or lawsuits. In the interest of clarity and transparency, I’d like Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Teacher uses inheritance to buy laptops

Tracy Gripentrog has embraced the important of computers as she watched teaching evolve in her 30 years in the profession. She knew that Willow Lane Elementary School needed more than its 30 laptops and 10 iPads for its 400 students.

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Lawsuit: Globe/MSB owners got $170 million in student aid in 2011-12

Here are three documents — Exhibits A, B and C — that accompanied yesterday’s consumer-fraud lawsuit against Globe University / Minnesota School of Business. The first two provide some financial context for the suit, which claims that Globe/MSB targeted students who were eligible for a lot of financial aid. Such aid, the suit says, is Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Drug testing, European interns and those dudes in the department

Student-Loan Straitjacket Filing for Bankruptcy Usually Ends Up Increasing School-Debt Balances (The Wall Street Journal) Don’t be that dude: Handy tips for the male academic There are a lot of guys out there that are supportive, but don’t realize that many of their everyday actions (big and small) perpetuate inequality. (Tenure, She Wrote) European Interns Resist Working Free A Read more →
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