UW System Clipsheet

August 20, 2008

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On Campus

"UWM seeks another $10 million to boost research," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 19.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee plans to ask the state this week to devote $10 million more in taxpayer funding and fees to fuel Chancellor Carlos Santiago’s $300 million effort to transform the university into a top research institution and economic development catalyst...

"Wiley's tenure at UW-Madison by the numbers," Associated Press, Aug. 19.

Outgoing University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley calls himself a "numbers guy" who loves data. Here's some numbers highlighting his tenure at the state's flagship university...

"UW's John Wiley will never be a lame duck," Editorial, Capital Times, Aug. 20.

Outgoing University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley says he is "truly a lame duck at this point." But the truth is that Wiley's legacy is alive and writ large across a campus that he led in bold new directions. We did not always agree with Wiley, but we came to respect his clarity of vision and determination...

"UW-Madison chancellor leaves campus a better place," Associated Press, Aug. 19.

...Just as Wiley fixed up Olin House, he transformed the UW-Madison campus by helping oversee its largest building boom in 40 years and elevate its status as an international research powerhouse...

"Racine picks UW professor," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 20.

University of Wisconsin-Madison professor James Shaw will be the Racine Unified School District’s next superintendent, the School Board voted unanimously Monday night...

"UWSP hosts environmental science education summit," Stevens Point Journal, Aug. 20.

The first Wisconsin Environmental Science Teacher Summit at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point started on a high note Tuesday morning...

"UW-Madison sees record revenue from apparel, goods," Associated Press, Aug. 20.

...The university earned a record $2.8 million in royalties from the sales of sweat shirts, hats, jerseys and other items in the budget year that ended June 30th. That was up $700,000, or 33%, from the previous year...

State

"Is There a Pharmacist in the House?," Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 20.

...Also attempting to differentiate itself for a peer institution is Concordia University Wisconsin, which is working to establish a new pharmacy school in 2010. Currently, Wisconsin has the highest demand for pharmacists in country with a 4.67 on the ADI. Though it has such a high demand, the state only has one pharmacy school, located at the University of Wisconsin at Madison...

"Carroll ranks ahead of the rest," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 19.

...In ranking America’s best colleges, Forbes magazine this week listed Carroll as Wisconsin’s second-best, trailing only Lawrence University in Appleton...

"Ripon College president rethinks drinking age," Associated Press, Aug. 20.

Ripon College's president has signed a national initiative to reconsider the 21-year-old drinking age...

"Lowering the drinking age? The real answer is responsibility," Editorial, La Crosse Tribune, Aug. 20.

...The problem we face in La Crosse is not that young people are experimenting with alcohol, it’s that some are using alcohol in dangerous amounts...

National

"How Americans pay for college," Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 20.

...The report, which is based on a national survey of 684 undergraduate students and 720 parents of traditional-aged undergraduates, offers a wealth of information about what students and families say they spent on college in the 2007-8 academic year, where that money came from, and what role price and other financial factors played in their decisions about where to enroll...

"A lower legal drinking age?," Editorial, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Aug. 19.

...A group of college leaders, mostly presidents of small, private institutions, signed a petition saying 21 is not working and calling for a debate about whether to change it...