UW System Clipsheet

UW System

"UW campuses' growth plans hinge on more funding, chancellors say," Associated Press, June 18.

UW System President Kevin Reilly said the university's Growth Agenda includes increasing enrollment by 7,700 students over the next six to eight years to help increase the number of Wisconsin's baccalaureate degree holders, and to boost the state's overall economy by reaching out to more adult students and students from lower-income families; Reilly and several UW System chancellors said in order to keep the university strong, it will need a reinvestment from the state.

On Campus

"UW-Madison conference explores interactive media," Wisconsin Technology Network, June 17.

Technology experts explored how new resources will change the face of education at this year's Games, Learning and Society Conference, sponsored by UW-Madison.

National

"Wisconsin and California locked in stem-cell struggle," Wisconsin State Journal, June 18.

Officials from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation said they will consider asserting their stem-cell patents if a California biotechnology firm goes ahead with distributing grants to California researchers.

"Law schools and diversity standards," Inside Higher Ed, June 19.

Members of the American Bar Association and some law school professors are debating the merits of a proposed change to the ABA's written standards to include language regarding diversity at law schools.