This editorial lauds the accomplishments of Wisconsin high school students and their teachers, each of whom can take credit for Wisconsin's favorable showing in ACT scores and participation in 2007.
Related: "Parents, educators must work to close ACT gap," Editorial, Green Bay Press-Gazette, Aug. 16.
The Wisconsin Academy of Rural Medicine, a partnership between the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and the Marshfield Clinic, will prepare as many as 25 UW medical students every year to work in rural settings, something that will be of immense benefit to Wisconsin residents who live outside a major metropolitan area.
Wisconsin's Joint Committee on Finance voted 15-1 to approve revisions to the state's tuition reciprocity agreement with Minnesota; the updated agreement will not require Wisconsin students to pay additional tuition to attend a college or university in Minnesota.