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Affirmative action is an important way to achieve racial diversity in Wisconsin and on UW campuses, where a mix of people from different backgrounds improves the learning environment for all students.
By improving academic equality in public schools, Wisconsin can produce the best and brightest students, and make affirmative action unnecessary at the college level.
UW-Stout will conduct an internal investigation related to suspected drug activity by student athletes.
UW-Madison is one of a few universities across the nation to receive a $5 million grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to promote entrepreneurship among students.
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Related: "Entrepreneurship grant will build on foundations," Column, Stevens Point Journal, Dec. 21.
A state panel responsible for looking at the state's use of affirmative action could make recommendations in February.
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson, former Medical College of Wisconsin Research Foundation President William Hendee, and Greater Milwaukee Committee member Charles Mulcahy write about how a school of public health could improve health among the city's residents, and allow more opportunities for teaching and research.