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"No extra funds for tuition break," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 31.

UW System and Wisconsin Technical College System officials said they are concerned that a lack of additional funding from the state Legislature to finance a tuition waiver for veterans may result in additional costs to students.

Related: "Veterans to get free tuition at UW, tech colleges," Associated Press, May 30.

"UW System is right to seek more diverse enrollment," Editorial, La Crosse Tribune, May 27.

Reactions to an admissions approach that would look at other factors besides grades and test scores to determine whether a student will be accepted at a UW System campus.

Related: "UW admission plan draws plenty of fire," Column, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, May 30.

Also: "Do we want best students or best graduates?," Column, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 28.

"UW System's sponsor pressure flops," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 30.

State administrators determined UW System leaders were within their authority in asking U.S. Bank to reconsider its earlier decision not to sponsor the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Related: "Wisconsin officials said to have threatened to pull business from bank," Chronicle of Higher Education, May 30.

"Idea of a multi-university center in Waukesha captures interest," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 29.

Many UW System campus officials favor a "university center" plan for UW-Waukesha, whereby students at the campus would be able to utilize resources of some of the UW System's four-year institutions and private colleges in the area.

Editorial: "A blow to regionalism," Editorial, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 28.

On Campus

"Academic staff evolves," Wisconsin State Journal, May 30.

UW-Madison faculty are more involved in research than in years past, and the number of academic staff hired in the last decade to support students and faculty has grown 34 percent.

"Blanketing the Earth," Wisconsin State Journal, May 29.

UW-Madison researchers say their work in different countries around the world is an expanded version of the Wisconsin Idea.

"UW-L campaign about more than just funding stadium," La Crosse Tribune, May 28.

The UW-La Crosse Foundation's Centennial Capital Campaign seeks to raise $45 million by 2009 for scholarships, faculty endowments and other items crucial to the university's continued success.

Related: "Process to complete new stadium could take years," La Crosse Tribune, May 28.

Also: "New UW-L stadium is important to local economy," Editorial, La Crosse Tribune, May 28.

"Survey: UW alumni like Madison," Wisconsin State Journal, May 27.

According to a survey of UW-Madison alumni, 37 percent left the city after graduating, only to return an average of 3.4 years later.

"Whose improprieties?" Editorial, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 30.

An editorial urging UW-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell to reinstate administrator Paul Barrows after the campus's Academic Staff Appeals Committee found no basis for the disciplinary actions the campus took against him.

"From prairie to Paree," Capital Times, May 27.

A recent UW Alumni Association trip to Paris showed how UW-Madison alumni are making connections with countries throughout the world.

"Success took the long way around for college grad," Column, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 28.

The story of one recent UW-Oshkosh graduate whose educational journey took many twists and turns.

State

"UW-Extension at a crossroads," Waukesha Freeman, May 31.

UW-Extension officials said their ultimate goal is to advance local education to benefit specific communities.

"Respectful disagreements," Editorial, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 29.

An editorial supporting Gov. Jim Doyle's decision to "respectfully disagree" with state religious leaders regarding his position on the benefits of embryonic stem-cell research.

Related: "Bishops' attack on Doyle crosses line," Column, Capital Times, May 30.

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