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"College aid plan starts in 8th grade," Associated Press, Jan. 17.

UW System President Kevin Reilly said the Wisconsin Covenant, a new financial aid plan expected to be announced at tonight's State of the State address, will help students plan for college while still in high school.

"UW losing top administrators ," Badger Herald, Jan. 16.

Administrators at UW System campuses are paid much less than at peer institutions, a fact that results in administrative "poaching" from other universities that offer higher salaries, officials said.

"Deal lures few nonresidents," Wisconsin State Journal, Jan. 15.

Campus officials said despite marginal participation in the UW System's Return to Wisconsin initiative, under which children and grandchildren of UW System alumni receive a 25 percent discount on non-resident tuition at certain UW System campuses, any students that come to their campuses because of the initiative are helpful and welcome.

On Campus

"Local students have high need for financial assistance," Marshfield News-Herald, Jan. 17.

62 percent of UW-Marshfield/Wood County students receive some sort of financial assistance, making the availability of government-sponsored financial aid, often less expensive than other types of loans, all the more crucial.

"Campaign could move UWM to forefront," Editorial, Business Journal of Milwaukee, Jan. 13.

UW-Milwaukee's new fund-raising campaign has the potential to bring dollars for research and academics to campus, as well as to strengthen the area's business community.

"Provost search narrows," Badger Herald, Jan. 16.

UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley is taking faculty input very seriously as he decides on a new provost.

"Time to close Bascomgate," Editorial, Badger Herald, Jan. 16.

An editorial calling for a close to the situation involving UW-Madison administrator Paul Barrows.

Related: "Visions of a better year for UW," Badger Herald, Jan. 16.

"It's never too late to learn," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 14.

The UW-Milwaukee Guild for Lifelong Learning is entering its 24th year of offering academic programs to those Wisconsin citizens of retirement age.

"UW-RF claims 'honest mistake' while Dems threaten payback," RiverTowns.net, Jan. 17.

UW-River Falls acted quickly to stop a university e-mail list after learning it was mistakenly set up for use by the Pierce County Democratic Party.

State

"Doyle pushes on stem cells," Capital Times, Jan. 16.

Governor Jim Doyle said he will call for the state's Department of Commerce to reserve $5 million for stem-cell research to achieve his goal of having Wisconsin capture 10 percent of the stem-cell research market by 2015.

National

"A call to lift a ban on research cloning," Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 13.

Citing the numerous life-saving applications that could result from creating stem-cells for research out of cloned human embryos, Iowa Governor Thomas J. Vilsak is advocating the repeal of a ban on such research he signed in 2002.

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