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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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Why MOOCS don’t seem to impress the Winona State president

Why MOOCS don’t seem to impress the Winona State president

Winona State University President Scott Olson tells Tom Weber on today’s Daily Circuit why MOOCs may not be the ultimate free teaching tool: “For an 18-year-old, you can already get a phenomenal free education — absolutely free. You could have done it 50 years ago by going to your local public library and reading every…
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The tough choice MnSCU must make in rearranging its programs

The tough choice MnSCU must make in rearranging its programs

Winona State University President Scott Olson tells host Tom Weber on The Daily Circuit today that the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system will face a tough balancing act when it reconfigures its campuses and academic programs over the next few years: “From a metro perspective, it makes sense that more resources need to…
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How St. Thomas’ law school is faring in the enrollment decline

How St. Thomas’ law school is faring in the enrollment decline

The national law-school slump has hit the University of St. Thomas School of Law as it has many others, but Dean Rob Vischer says its endowment should keep it solid for years to come. The school was built for 150 students per class, he says, and has been a above or below that number through…
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Notes in the Margins: Obama’s elitism, university grades, and phantom student-loan revenue

UNC faculty leader pushed rewrite of key report to keep NCAA away Newly released correspondence shows the faculty leader at UNC-Chapel Hill watered down a report into academic fraud to lessen the chances the NCAA would come back to campus. (News Observer via The Washington Post) San Jose State suspends collaboration with online provider San Jose State suspends…
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How the House and Senate student-loan proposals would affect Minnesotans

How the House and Senate student-loan proposals would affect Minnesotans

The Congressional impasse on how to change federal student-loan rates may soon be over. The Senate appears to have reached a deal on a bill — up for a vote next week — and the House passed its own legislation in May. What could the new rates mean for Minnesota undergraduate student borrowers? I turned…
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How the legal slump has hit William Mitchell College of Law

How the legal slump has hit William Mitchell College of Law

Hamline University’s cutbacks in its law school aren’t the only ones happening in Minnesota. William Mitchell College of Law Dean Eric Janus says the slump has hit his campus, too. He said he’s expecting about 220 students this next term — a figure that’s down about 15 percent from last year’s fall enrollment of 260,…
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