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"UW-Madison: Helping parents to keep in touch and let go," Wisconsin State Journal, Aug. 15.

A new program at UW-Madison provides resources to parents who want assistance with their children's transition to college.

"UW-River Falls gets help for disaster planning," Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Aug. 12.

UW-River Falls is the first Wisconsin campus to receive a federal grant to help create a natural disaster plan.

"State scores near top on ACT once again," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 15.

Wisconsin saw both a higher participation rate and a higher average score in this year's state ACT results; the percentage of minority students taking the test still lags the percentage of minority students in Wisconsin's public schools, which is spurring an effort to have more students from Milwaukee take the test. Milwaukee has the highest population of minority students in the state.

Related: "ACT scores edge up in 2007 but suggest that many students are unprepared for college-level work," Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 15.

Also: "More students and higher scores for ACT," Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 15.

"Colleges defend the costs of study-abroad programs," Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 15.

A look at some of the complexities of university study-abroad programs.

Related: "As interest in studying abroad grows, colleges struggle with cost, quality, and oversight," Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 15.