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The increasingly sophisticated science and technology being developed at Wisconsin's smaller universities has been somewhat bottled up, but the state and the University of Wisconsin System are working to apply more of it to business opportunities.
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, like many colleges, is expecting that economic factors including rising tuition and airfare and the health of the U.S. dollar on the world market will discourage students from studying abroad...
Nicolet College hosted two top educators Monday. Dan Clancy, president of the Wisconsin Technical College System, and Kevin Reily, president of the University of Wisconsin System, came to the college to speak to the community about the importance of higher education...
...While Wisconsin private colleges and universities remain affordable - 93% of all Wisconsin private college students receive financial aid - it is becoming more difficult for students with the greatest need to receive funding, said Rolf Wegenke, president of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities...
...The team of researchers acquired math scores -- along with detailed statistics on the test takers, such as gender, grade level and ethnicity -- from state exams now mandated under No Child Left Behind. They then calculated the "effect size," which showed the degree of difference between girls' and boys' average math scores in standardized units. Hyde said an effect size of 0.20 or less is considered small, and the effect sizes they found ranged from 0.01 to 0.06 -- which is "basically zero, or no gender difference."...