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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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What the University of Minnesota’s new Goldy statue looks like

What the University of Minnesota’s new Goldy statue looks like

  Talk about BMOC: Goldie is six feet tall and standing outside Coffman Memorial Union. Details from the U’s announcement: The Goldy statue was designed and sculpted by artist Nicholas Legeros, a U of M alumnus with a master’s in Fine Arts. He has sculpted several statues around the Twin Cities metro area. The Goldy Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Prof: Why MnSCU needs to back off its central planning

Prof: Why MnSCU needs to back off its central planning

Winona State University professor Darrell Downs writes in MinnPost that June’s “Charting the Future” strategy report by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system is a “ham-handed” attempt at consolidation that will short-change students. Among the report’s proposals are campus mergers and the relocation and elimination of academic programs. Downs writes: Contrary to the MnSCU Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Obamacare, textbooks, and MOOCs in Europe

Universities can look more selective by how they count student applications Internal university data obtained by The Washington Post show that more than 1,100 applications for the class of 2016 at the private Virginia school — roughly one out of every six — were never completed. The files were missing required elements such as teacher recommendations Read more →
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Sororities admit black women at Univ. of Alabama

University President Judy Bonner said 11 black students and three students from other minority groups received bids, or invitations, to join a historically white sorority. Of that group, four black students and two students from other minority backgrounds have accepted those invitations.

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Supporters to hold rally tomorrow for UMN coach Jerry Kill

Supporters to hold rally tomorrow for UMN coach Jerry Kill

Supporters of University of Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill plan to rally tomorrow morning before the Gopher’s game to back him. Kill suffered a seizure at last Saturday’s game against Western Illinois University, which the Gophers went on to win 29 to 12. Some sportswriters have questioned whether Kill is fit to hold his job. Read more →
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What a legislator told MCTC students about textbook costs, credit transfers

What a legislator told MCTC students about textbook costs, credit transfers

At a listening session yesterday at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, political-science sophomore Nate Krautz asked Sen. Terri Bonoff what legislators have done to curb the escalating cost of textbooks. The Minnetonka DFLer who chairs the Higher Education Committee replied that lawmakers did address the problem last session — and wanted to address it even Read more →
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A Gustie’s strange internship experience in China

A Gustie’s strange internship experience in China

Gustavus Adolphus College‘s website describes what happened when senior history major Keenan Madson arrived for an internship this summer to work with historians and engineers at Chime-long Paradise, the largest amusement park in China: Upon arriving at Chime-long, Madson was handed a theatrical candy cane-striped costume and told to greet park attendants at the entrance. Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Vodka, cannabis college and a deal for low-earning grads

Adrian College to make student loan payments for low-earning grads Starting with next year’s freshman class — as well as first-year or second-year transfer students — the private Michigan college promises to make up to all of a student’s loan payment if he or she earns less than $20,000 and up to $37,000 annually. (Detroit Free Read more →
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Five Minnesota two-year colleges to split $20 million for training programs

Five Minnesota two-year colleges to split $20 million for training programs

This announcement just in: Sens. Klobuchar, Franken and Reps. Peterson, McCollum, Walz, Nolan Announce $20 Million to Help Minnesota Community & Technical Colleges Grants Will Fund Development and Expansion of Innovative Training Programs for High-Demand Fields  Today, U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Reps. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Tim Walz Read more →
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