UW System Clipsheet

August 21, 2008

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On Campus

"From Crossroads to Crisis," Column, Madison Magazine, Aug. 21.

...As I leave the chancellorship of the University of Wisconsin--Madison, I wish I could paint a brighter picture. It's difficult when two of the institutions with so much ability to drive positive change and growth--the business community and our university--are stuck in a swamp...

"Local tourism official likely to file lawsuit for icy fall," Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, Aug. 20.

A local tourism official seeking $250,000 in compensation for medical expenses after she fell on the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc campus likely will file a lawsuit in three to four months...

"Continuing education course options can be mind-boggling," Column, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 20.

...when it comes to lifelong learning, almost anything’s possible, judging from the fall course listing for UW-Waukesha that just arrived in the mail...

"Minority preference for state contracts in dispute," La Crosse Tribune, Aug. 17.

Critics are calling for a review of the preference the state offers to minority contractors after an out-of-state firm won a choice job despite charging taxpayers $1.3 million more than the low bidder. The $29.5 million renovation and expansion of a UW-Stout science building was won by an established minority-owned Twin Cities firm, even though two larger Wisconsin firms underbid the contractor, state officials said...

State

"Shopko donates $1 million to Concordia," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 20.

Concordia University has received $1 million from Green Bay-based discount chain Shopko — the lead gift in the university’s $20 million campaign to create a School of Pharmacy that would open in 2010 at the lakeside Mequon campus...

"MSTC top choice for most of its students," Stevens Point Journal, Aug. 21.

Mid-State Technical College was the first choice for postsecondary education by 74 percent of its students, about 5 percentage points above the national average, according to a new survey...

National

"Bedbugs move into dorms," USA Today, Aug. 21.

Just as they've made an itchy, scratchy comeback in hotel rooms, bedbugs increasingly are appearing in dorm rooms...

"Charles Murray argues too many equate college, success," USA Today, Aug. 21.

A college education is often hailed as the ticket to the good life. But in Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality (Crown Forum), Charles Murray says too many people go to college...

"Colleges wrangle with sex offender residency," Associated Press, Aug. 21.

Lawmakers and college administrators are trying to shut paroled sex offenders out of one of the few places they can still live: student neighborhoods near major U.S. universities.