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Unless the Legislature's budget conference committee is able to craft a state budget before UW System campuses begin instruction, a large number of students from each campus may not be able to attend because they rely on the state-funded Wisconsin Higher Education Grant program to help pay for education costs.
This column encourages UW System alumni to hold their elected representatives accountable for their support -- or lack thereof -- of the university that contributes so much to Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is now the only state in the nation with a July 1 budget deadline that has thus far failed to craft a state budget; members of the Legislature's budget conference committee continue to debate the provisions contained in the Assembly and Senate versions.
Related: "Lawmakers still at odds on overdue budget," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 24.
UW-Washington County will soon add a four-year engineering degree program to provide a locally based company with home-grown employees as one incentive for the firm to remain in the area.
A tuition freeze for UW Colleges means that UW-Rock County and the other freshman-sophomore institutions in the UW System will remain affordable access points to higher education for Wisconsin students.
The new Ogg Hall on the UW-Madison campus is chock-full of useful amenities for its residents, including study rooms and an in-house advising service; the residence hall, set to open next week, replaces the campus's infamous old Ogg Hall, which will soon be demolished.
Beginning in November, one of the UW-Madison residence hall cafeterias will begin offering a wider variety of dining options for students; this move is meant to accommodate students with varying tastes and needs, according to UW-Madison officials.
A UW-Whitewater student shares her experiences being more self-sufficient and independent on a college campus.
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.