UW System Clipsheet

June 24, 2008

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On Campus

"Next UW-Parkside chancellor discloses probe," Associated Press, June 23.

A University of Louisville dean picked to lead the University of Wisconsin-Parkside has alerted UW System officials that his college is under federal criminal investigation, a spokesman said Monday...

"School of future Parkside chancellor being probed," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 24.

A federal criminal investigation is under way at the school where newly appointed University of Wisconsin-Parkside Chancellor Robert Felner is dean — and UW officials are trying to figure out what the news means for the school’s future...

"U of L education school target of investigation," Louisville Courier-Journal, June 24.

The University of Louisville's education department is the target of a federal investigation that was announced Friday, according [to] the department's outgoing dean...

"Stout housing gets creative," WEAU.com, June 24.

University leaders say a lot of incoming freshmen want to live in the dorms. But that means Stout needs to get creative...

"Freshmen applications increase at universities," Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, June 24.

With only about two months to go before classes begin, UW-Eau Claire and the rest of the UW System have been flooded with freshmen applications...

National

"Caught off guard--but why?," Inside Higher Ed, June 24.

As the economy took a dive in the first half of this year, and states started slashing budgets, higher education leaders were often left scrambling. Unsure where to cut their budgets on short notice, university officials turned to predictable — though not always strategic — solutions...