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The Board of Regents will engage Wisconsin residents in conversation about proposed changes to UW System admissions policies through an upcoming public forum; the revised policy would take into account more than just grades and test scores when deciding whether a prospective student will be admitted.
Editorial: "No place for race," Editorial, Badger Herald, Jan. 18.
The Legislature can help hold down tuition increases for Wisconsin students and provide additional financial aid by fully funding the UW System's "Growth Agenda for Wisconsin."
An editorial of support for the Northeastern Wisconsin Growth Agenda, which seeks to increase enrollment at UW-Green Bay and lead to more four-year college degree-holders in the area.
UW-La Crosse Interim Chancellor Elizabeth Hitch, whose term will end on Feb. 1, has been instrumental in formulating the campus's growth and access plan, which aims to increase enrollment, faculty and staff and provide greater financial aid for students from lower-income families.
UW-Oshkosh enrollment increased 6.6 percent in the last year, and the campus turned out more than 2,000 graduates; the campus will seek increased state funding to hire faculty to teach in high-demand majors.
UW-Fox Valley will raise $2 million to round out the funding needed to construct UW-Fox Valley's new Communication Arts Center; both Outagamie and Winnebago Counties have voted to contribute $5.3 million for the project.
No state tax dollars will be used to construct a new UW-Rock County facility that will house a four-year degree program in electrical engineering, offered in conjunction with UW-Platteville.
UW-River Falls's new student center, opening this semester, incorporates environmentally friendly design principles.
A UW-La Crosse capital campaign has already raised $8.025 million, including three $1 million gifts.
Mazie Maichoua Moua, a UW-Stevens Point graduate who will receive a UW System "Outstanding Women of Color" Award, has worked to increase awareness of Hmong issues on the campus.
Research by a UW-Madison virologist showing similarities between the 1918 flu outbreak and today's avian flu could help health officials prepare for a possible flu pandemic.
Related: "Culprit in 1918 flu deaths could be immune system," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 18.
A crew of 20 UW-Manitowoc students will soon begin construction on the college's very own trebuchet, or a very large catapult; the project is the brainchild of college dean Dan Campagna, who said he wanted to give the students an exciting project that no one would immediately know how to complete.
Officials from the University of Minnesota have expressed disappointment in a decision by Wisconsin higher education officials not to favor changes to the reciprocity agreement that has existed between the states for years.
An editorial lauding the passage of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to reduce interest rates for many student loans, but cautioning that this will not be enough to keep college affordable.
One in five students attending their second-choice college or university said they were doing so because they could not afford to attend their top choice.
A UCLA survey shows college freshmen are discussing politics at a higher rate than anytime in the last 40 years.