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Thousands of UW System students may not be able to afford tuition for the coming year due to an impasse in state budget negotiations that has resulted in uncertainties in the amount of funding the Wisconsin Higher Educational Grant will receive.
Related: "Budget impasse threatens college financial aid," Wisconsin Radio Network, Aug. 30.
UW-Fond du Lac Dean Daniel Blankenship shows how a modest investment by the state in the UW System now will inevitably yield huge returns in the future by providing citizens with the education needed to succeed in a knowledge economy and create jobs that will hire them.
Two state legislators have contacted their party's leadership in an effort to get their colleagues to oppose proposed reductions to the comprehensive reserve fund, saying the state should fund it at the same level suggested by the Joint Committee on Finance.
The Legislature's Budget Conference Committee needs to act quickly to set a budget for the state -- which was supposed to have been completed by July 1 -- as so many of Wisconsin's citizens and institutions depend on state funding for success.
Related: "Legislators ignore ticking budget clock," Editorial, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Aug. 30.
Also: "Focus on budget, not on raising campaign cash," Editorial, Janesville Gazette, Aug. 29.
And: "Legislature lacks intensity on state budget negotiations," Editorial, La Crosse Tribune, Aug. 30.
And: "Lack of state budget leaves schools guessing about funding," Oshkosh Northwestern, Aug. 30.
The groundbreaking programming presented on Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television serves the state's citizens well and deserves to be adequately funded by the Legislature.
UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow called the institution "the most cost-effective comprehensive university in the country," and said he and his colleagues will continue to push for a growth plan that would increase diversity on campus and add more students, faculty and staff at no additional cost to taxpayers.
UW-Stevens Point Chancellor Linda Bunnell reflected on the success the campus has experienced in the last year and invited faculty and staff to work together to accomplish the campus's present objectives.
UW-Madison has launched a comprehensive campaign to make students -- particularly first-year students in campus residence halls -- aware about the dangers of high-risk alcohol consumption.
With $10 million already raised toward a new stadium on the UW-La Crosse campus, area veterans groups recently committed to raising an additional $2 million for the project.
A study undertaken by the City of Madison found that a power plant located on the UW-Madison campus is not a major source of pollution in nearby Monona Bay.
This editorial favors the formation of a state information technology agency led by a state chief information officer who would report directly to the Governor as one solution to a series of computer-related challenges the state has faced this year.
A state-issued report assesses the events leading up to and following the shooting at Virginia Tech.