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...A recent study found that 400,000 new graduates will be needed in science fields by 2015. UW-L officials say they have seen a steady increase in both the number of students enrolled and graduating from its science, math and engineering programs...
A new program developed with busy adults in mind attempts to mix speed and flexibility into an ultra-convenient associate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County...
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will lead a group of five international universities to develop a dual undergraduate degree in paper science and engineering...
...Between "College for Kids" and "Middle School University," the college (UW-Sheboygan) attracted about 350 students in first through eighth grades to campus this summer...
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside could get emergency notices sent directly to their cell phones starting this fall...
The entrepreneurial spirit is rising at UW-Madison and other campuses, and not just among faculty and staff who want to start new companies...
A new College of Business, Industry, Life Science and Agriculture alumni chapter has been activated at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. The new BILSA chapter, now representing the entire college of BILSA, replaced the Ag and Biology chapter...
...The most recent data available shows Wisconsin test-takers in 2006 were less likely than their counterparts in the other 49 states and the District of Columbia to finish the battery of five exams that makes up the GED. As a result of its 54.4% completion rate, the state had the second-lowest percentage of GED test-takers...
...Schools and education groups are seeing growth in established programs that link students with employers, who also are showing increased interest. Many point to student concerns over job competition in a tight labor market and employer needs to replace retiring baby boomers...
...The "Financial Sustainability Analysis" can be applied to determine to what degree specific programs, courses and, yes, even individual professors, are profit-generating or subsidized...
...Increasingly, colleges and universities, especially publicly funded state schools and those with small endowments (BusinessWeek.com, 10/22/07), are turning to alternative revenue streams -- including grants, private donations, patents, real estate, and money-making graduate courses -- to make ends meet. Administrators at these schools say it is the only way they can compete with wealthy private schools, such as Harvard, that have brand names and hefty endowments (BusinessWeek.com, 11/29/2007)...