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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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How the federal student-loan deal affects MN grad students and parents

How the federal student-loan deal affects MN grad students and parents

The discussion over Congress’ move to put federal student loans on a variable market-based interest rate has so far focused on undergraduates and their Stafford loans. But what about graduate and professional students, and parents who take out PLUS Loans? I spoke again with Tricia Grimes, policy analyst for the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Augsburg profs say why MOOCs can’t replace the classroom experience

Augsburg profs say why MOOCs can’t replace the classroom experience

Augsburg College faculty members Lars D. Christiansen and Michael J. Lansing write in MinnPost why physical presence is so important in teaching, and why online education — specifically the massive open online course (MOOC) — offers the promise of something it can’t deliver: “MOOC boosters assume that education is about the thinking mind, not the feeling body. For the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Campus religion, enrollment declines and English in academe

Why Forbes Removed 4 Schools From Its America’s Best Colleges Rankings Claremont McKenna isn’t the only top college that lied. Bucknell University doctored SAT results from 2006 to 2012; Emory University provided numbers for admitted students rather than enrolled ones for more than a decade; and Iona College lied about acceptance and graduation rates, SAT scores and alumni giving for nine years…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Franken, Kline said about the Senate student-loan deal

What Franken, Kline said about the Senate student-loan deal

Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, who won the support of many students by trying to amend the Senate student loan rate legislation that passed yesterday, made this announcement about why he voted for the bill: “… My main goal throughout this process was to make sure we got students the best deal possible, which…
by Alex Friedrich

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Former Saint Mary’s president dies

Former Saint Mary’s president dies

This (lightly edited) announcement from the university: Saint Mary’s 10th president, Brother Peter Clifford, dies Brother Peter Clifford, FSC, the 10th president of Saint Mary’s University, died Tuesday at De La Salle Hall in Lincroft, N.J. A dedicated educational visionary and financial steward, Brother Peter served as president of Saint Mary’s from 1976 to 1984,…
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Notes in the Margins: Blowing refunds, changing Stafford rates, and governing community colleges

Senate Approves College Student Loan Plan Tying Rates to Markets Many liberals, who are upset that the plan would replace the fixed-rate subsidized federal student loan program, criticized their colleagues for leaving lower- and middle-income students vulnerable to swings in the market. (The New York Times) Some thoughts on student loan interest rates The 3.86 percent rate…
by Alex Friedrich

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Parents say school should have warned them of dangers before Lilydale park landslide

Parents say school should have warned them of dangers before Lilydale park landslide

The city of St. Paul warns visitors that parts of Lilydale Regional Park are hazardous and unsafe. But when two fourth-grade classes from a St. Louis Park elementary school took a field trip to the park in May, the school did not relay that warning to parents.
by Curtis Gilbert and Trisha Volpe

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