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The Board of Regents is considering extending the UW System's "Return to Wisconsin" pilot program for three more years; under the program, children and grandchildren of alumni of several UW System campuses living in other states can attend their family members' alma mater for a reduced nonresident tuition rate.
A UW System committee is gathering information about possible updates to state laws that concern nonacademic behaviors on or around UW campuses.
Related: "System looks at behavior away from campus," Spectator, April 5.
UW-Whitewater Chancellor Martha Saunders has been named the new president at the University of Southern Mississippi; Chancellor Saunders will begin her tenure at her alma mater in May.
News release: http://www.uww.edu/ma...lor_saunders_re.html
UW-Green Bay expects to begin offering a Bachelor of Applied Studies degree this fall; the program will allow students to transfer up to 60 credits from area technical colleges toward a liberal arts degree at UW-Green Bay.
The Information Technology Infrastructure Business Consortium, a partnership between UW-Whitewater and businesses in the region, gives students valuable work experience in the IT field and develops a work force for the industry.
Student leaders at UW-Stevens Point are hoping to begin a program that would permanently install student-created art on the campus.
The state's "Wisconsin Covenant" program is expected to motivate eighth graders to succeed in high school and commit to higher education; under the Covenant, eighth graders who maintain specific academic and nonacademic standards throughout high school will be guaranteed admission into a Wisconsin college or university and would be provided financial aid to help them afford tuition and other costs.
Updates to UCLA's admissions policies now mandate that officials consider the resources and opportunities available to applicants during their earlier education; the updated policy has paved the way for an increase in students from traditionally underrepresented groups accepted to the campus. (subscription only)