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U.S. Senator Herb Kohl secured $150,000 in federal funding for the UW-Oshkosh-run Living Health Clinic, which provides health care to low-income and uninsured families; the funding, which must be approved by Congress, would be used for badly needed equipment updates at the clinic.
The Wisconsin State Assembly will likely discuss and vote on the state's biennial budget on July 10 instead of the originally scheduled July 3.
UW-Extension can still assist dairy farmers in improving their milk quality, but must do so with limited resources after funding for the program was depleted.
An editorial applauding the efforts of state officials who brokered a deal between Wisconsin and Minnesota that keeps the states' tuition reciprocity agreement alive.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that higher education officials need to evaluate each student applicant on an individual basis, and that if race is among the considerations for admission, it must be part of a broad and wide-ranging diversity agenda; the UW System's updated admissions policies say officials may weigh academic and nonacademic factors when considering applications.
Related: "Justices reject diversity plans in two districts," New York Times, June 29.
Also: "Supreme Court leaves affirmative-action precedents intact in striking down school-integration plans," Chronicle of Higher Education, June 29.