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"Change foreseen for UW campus: Task force to urge more education, research efforts in Waukesha, " Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 6.

Faculty and staff members at UW-Waukesha are advised that some change is expected as the university seeks to expand education and research efforts in the greater Waukesha and Milwaukee areas.

"Mash talks merger," Waukesha Freeman, Feb. 7.

Don Mash, senior executive vice president of the UW System, held a question-and-answer session regarding a report about the educational needs of the Waukesha area. The initial report gave no recommendations on the idea of merging the campus with UW-Milwaukee, but did state that the issue was still being studied.

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On Campus

"Surveying the cheating landscape on campus," Wisconsin Public Radio, Feb. 6.

UW-Eau Claire is participating in a survey designed to compare the academic honesty of UW students with their peers across the nation.

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State

"Education, not luck, of Irish," Column, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 5.

Gov. Jim Doyle looks to Ireland as a model for using education investment to boost economic development and to create high-paying jobs.

"Sheboygan: Not just for bratwurst anymore?" Capital Region Business Journal, February 2006.

A proposed bill would make Sheboygan a launching and landing area for spacecraft, spurring educational and high-tech business opportunities in Wisconsin, an interest of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.

"No small task for campuses to comply with governor's order," Wisconsin Public Radio, Feb. 6.

All state government buildings, including UW System residence halls, have been ordered to turn down the heat in an effort to save the state money.

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"Volunteers help keep lakes clean," Stevens Point Journal, Feb. 7.

UW-Extension's Citizen Lake Monitoring Network trains volunteers to assist in keeping Wisconsin's lakes healthy.

National

"Pell grant spending would remain level, but Bush seeks to eliminate Perkins loans and several other programs," Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 7.

President Bush's 2007 budget request proposes a freeze on Pell grants, elimination of Perkins Loans, and ending several programs that help prepare low-income students for college.

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"On the chopping block again ," Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 7.

A proposal by President Bush would eliminate all federal funds for college outreach programs aimed at disadvantaged students with college potential.

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