UW System Clipsheet

"Bill would allow UW faculty, staff to unionize," Marshfield News-Herald, Feb. 21.

The state Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would give UW System faculty and academic staff collective bargaining rights.

"Planning to 'Advantage Wisconsin'," River Falls Journal, Feb. 21.

UW-River Falls Chancellor Don Betz highlights the Advantage Wisconsin Action Steps.

"UWO students come through for community," Editorial, Oshkosh Northwestern, Feb. 21.

An editorial about the role of UW-Oshkosh students in the local community in the wake of the Oshkosh Students Association adding an additional $700,000 to complete the Oshkosh Sports Complex.

"Fall freshman applications hit new record," Badger Herald, Feb. 21.

UW-Madison has received approximately 500 more applicants than this time last year.

Related: "UW attracts a record number of applicants," Daily Cardinal, Feb. 21.

Editorial: "Increase filtering of new applicants," Daily Cardinal, Feb. 21.

"New alliance hailed as ground breaking - NWTC, UW-Stout and UW-Green Bay announce agreement to deliver needed manufacturing engineering program to northeast Wisconsin," Dunn County News, Feb. 20.

Students can earn a manufacturing engineering degree at Northern Wisconsin Technical College's Green Bay campus, as well as earn a new associate degree in manufacturing engineering technology, offered in collaboration with UW-Green Bay; graduates of the new two-year program will be able to transfer into UW-Stout's manufacturing engineering bachelors degree program where students will be taught by UW-Stout faculty on the NWTC Green Bay campus.

Related: "3 colleges team up to reverse brain drain," Green Bay Press-Gazette, Feb. 20.

"UW-L growth plan," La Crosse Tribune, Feb. 21.

A brief time line for the UW-La Crosse's Growth, Quality and Access Initiative.

"Legislative syllabus for success," Editorial, Beloit Daily News, Feb. 20.

A guest commentary by Rep. Kim Hixson outlining his Syllabus for Success plan for recruiting and retaining college students.

"Public colleges lack funds and strategies to help troubled students," Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 21.

Colleges wrestle with the issue of addressing and helping students with records of mental-health issues.