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Two consumer groups that had challenged three key human embryonic stem cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation said Friday that they have filed an appeal to the patent office's decision to uphold the patents...
...But as I study the funding issues relating to Wisconsin's stem cell enterprise, I have become increasingly concerned with how our state is managing the intellectual property associated with these potentially lucrative discoveries...
University officials estimate that the June rainstorms caused $5.5 million worth of flood-related damage to campus buildings. However, Tom Sonnleitner, vice chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, said that all buildings, except one, are expected to be open and operational when school starts in September...
The student-run radio station at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is reaching a larger audience thanks to a new transmitter...
...After years of making deposits into the college fund, consulting budgeting books and scouring the Internet for obscure scholarships, the Waukesha dad finally sent his oldest daughter off to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee last fall. He was ready for the cost of tuition, room and board. It was the little unexpected expenses like the laptop lock - "all those nickels and dimes," he said - that added up...
...The surprising answer is that the University of Wisconsin-Madison is virtually the center of the universe when it comes to learning numerous South and Southeast Asian languages over what most college students consider summer break...
...They're the students of Upward Bound, a federal program aimed at increasing college attendance for traditionally underrepresented populations. The program has a rich history at St. Norbert College and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where students say it's making a difference...
The University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc signed agreements Wednesday with Silver Lake College of Manitowoc and Mount Mary College of Milwaukee, providing guidelines to ease the transfer of students to the two private baccalaureate schools...
...Almost 40 percent of UW-Sheboygan's enrollment fits that (non-traditional student) category, and the older student population never has been more important to the college...
...Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, in conjunction with the Green Bay Police Department and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay public safety, is offering a six-hour personal and campus safety course over two days, July 29 and 31. Officials plan to cover topics from personal safety and sexual assault to identity theft and cyber stalking...
...The $100,000 grant is meant to help build on Ripon's demonstrated successes in enrolling, retaining, and graduating first-generation college students...
...The number of college students taking at least one online course more than doubled between 2002 and 2006, according to The Sloan Consortium, an association of schools promoting online education...
...Berea's approach provides an unusual perspective on the growing debate over whether the wealthiest universities are doing enough for the public good to warrant their tax exemption, or simply hoarding money to serve an elite few. As many elite universities scramble to recruit more low-income students, Berea’s no-tuition model has attracted increasing attention...
The number of foreign students coming to the United States this fall may increase over last year, according to colleges contacted by The Chronicle and visa-issuance figures from India and China, the two countries that send the most students to American shores...
...Mr. Webb's bill, which was signed into law late last month, will provide military personnel and recent veterans with enough aid to attend the most expensive public college in their states. Supporters say it has the potential to significantly expand college access for veterans and to increase their ranks at traditional four-year institutions. But recent enrollment trends and interviews with veterans suggest that cost is not the only factor keeping today's troops out of nonprofit, four-year institutions...
...As veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq return to campus, many are finding that colleges and universities are only beginning to figure out how to help soldiers, sailors and others transition back to civilian, social and academic life...
...One of the few primary issues still being debated is the “State Commitment to Affordable College Education Amendment,” commonly known as the “Maintenance of Effort” provision. The provision seeks to hold states accountable for maintaining certain levels of tax support for higher education, and I believe it is essential for the future of public higher education... (Author: F. King Alexander, president of California State University at Long Beach.)