Education News

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Recently resigned St. John's president dies
The former president of St. John's University who stepped down for health reasons last fall has died. Dietrich Reinhart was 59 years old.
Recession provides real world lab for biz schools
Professors know one of the best ways to capture students' attention is to use real world examples in the classroom. The current financial turmoil is one of the most effective teachable moments ever for business schools.
Todd Boss rides his 'Yellowrocket'
Todd Boss is riding a poetic wave. Not only has a major publishing house just released his first book of poems, "Yellow Rocket," he says the nation has just elected a poet as president. Boss is the self-appointed poet laureate of Nina's Coffee Cafe in St Paul.
College sports teams need to help raise money
The men's track and field program at Bemidji State University has been saved from the chopping block. BSU officials were looking to pull the plug on the program, in part, to save money but will keep the program for another year as long as it does more of its own fund raising.