"UWGB to hold forums on chancellor search," Green Bay Press Gazette, July 28.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is looking for help in its search for the school's fifth chancellor...
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July 28, 2008
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On Campus
"Roots reach deep at UWGB," Green Bay Press Gazette, July 27.
...Ward started a 31-year academic career at UWGB that included 18 years as an economic professor at UW-Oshkosh and culminated in six years as senior vice president for academic affairs for the entire UW System. He also served as interim chancellor at Oshkosh during one transition there. Ward established NorthStar in 2000 and has been a key player in developing the New North regional business consortium...
"WPT's new stations to get more viewers," Wisconsin State Journal, July 27.
...Wisconsin Public Television began broadcasting the Wisconsin Channel in the Madison area in January as one of its four digital stations. People who get free, over-the-air TV via digital receivers or tuners are able to watch all the stations. But those who get cable through Charter Communications or satellite TV -- about 75 percent of households in Dane County, according to 2007 Nielsen data -- haven 't had access to the channels.Charter will add all four channels to its digital service on Aug. 20, said Tim Vowell, director of government relations at Charter...
"UW-Baraboo part of pact with private college," Baraboo News Republic, July 28.
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County will now enjoy an easier course credit transfer to Milwaukee-based Mount Mary College after an agreement was signed involving 13 UW colleges...
"UW to dedicate Arlington dairy research facility," Associated Press, July 28.
...The University of Wisconsin-Madison will dedicate a state-of-the-art, $5.1 million barn at its Arlington Agricultural Research Station on Wednesday...
State
"Millions to spend, but how?," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 28.
The money is an unsung resource, totaling more than $700 million, and the state’s two medical schools are responsible for using it wisely. The investment income from that money is funding grants for medical education, research and public health throughout Wisconsin that total more than $100 million so far...
"Changed lives," Column, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 25.
...Changes in Wisconsin's manufacturing economy have often meant ill news for men such as Hattix - those with poor educations, few skills or prison records. Perennial unemployment in cities has led some to suggest there's something awry with the economy that demands a massive reordering at the hand of the state...
"A study on grant students," Wisconsin State Journal, July 26.
...This fall, 1,200 Wisconsin students will receive grant money for college thanks to the unprecedented $175 million donation by John and Tashia Morgridge...
National
"With Compromises, Higher-Ed Bill Could Move Through Congress This Week," Chronicle of Higher Ed, July 28.
Congress may be able to finish work this week on a long-awaited bill to renew the Higher Education Act after legislators reached agreement late last week on one of the key remaining obstacles...
"News Analysis: Drawing Lessons on Accountability From Europe," Chronicle of Higher Ed, July 28.
Dismissing recent attempts at defining student learning outcomes, including one by the federal Commission on the Future on Higher Education, as "accountability light," the author of a new report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy forcefully argues that the United States needs to look to Europe for ideas on how to hold colleges accountable...
"Green, Greener, Greenest," New York Times, July 27.
...Green is good for the planet, but also for a college’s public image. In a Princeton Review survey this year of 10,300 college applicants, 63 percent said that a college’s commitment to the environment could affect their decision to go there...
"First It Was Song Downloads. Now It's Organic Chemistry," New York Times, July 27.
...After scanning his textbooks and making them available to anyone to download free, a contributor at the file-sharing site PirateBay.org composed a colorful message for “all publishers” of college textbooks, warning them that “myself and all other students are tired of getting” ripped off...
"More college students turn to food banks," USA Today, July 27.
...For years, the small University District pantry has offered help to the working poor and single parents in this neighborhood of campus rentals. Now rising food prices are bringing another group: Struggling college students...