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Today is one of the most important days of the year for Wisconsin's economy. It's the first day of the school year. The state's families and policymakers should take the opportunity to remind themselves of the link between education and economic success. Education and the economy have long been related, but that relationship is growing closer in the age of the global, knowledge-based economy...
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is bringing the Fair Trade movement to campus this year, making it the first American campus to embrace the worldwide movement...
The Badger Herald was wrong to publish the guest column written by Rep. Steve Nass (“University governance must permit conservative values”) in its Sept. 1 registration issue...
This fall, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and New North will welcome Yahoo! to northeastern Wisconsin as they establish a student-staffed technical support center to Oshkosh. The Yahoo! CareCenter, which is about two years in the making, will employ UW-Oshkosh students and provide technical support to some of Yahoo!'s 17,000 employees...
About 20 UW-Madison students will be cruising around campus on a free Huffy this fall — the only catch is they'll also be peddling a product...
Marion Horn stepped into a college classroom 75 years ago after graduating from Appleton High School...Seventy-five years later, Marion is the only known surviving student of the first class of what is now called the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley...
...But while most students complain about the steep prices of textbooks, individuals are turning to other websites and methods to get the needed material at a cheaper price...And now on the rise is the e-textbook or electronic book, which is an alternative to expensive textbooks, allowing students to rent the text for a semester by downloading the information to their computer or even uploading it to the new Sony e-reader or Amazon’s Kindle...
A newly released T-shirt, dubbed the Red Shirt, could lead to increased support for Wisconsin Alumni Association scholarship funds and programming if sales continue to increase...
...If one manages to disregard the indignation over the tone of Wiley’s last hurrah, however, one troubling question remains — how true were the accusations?...
John Murphy, dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, will serve the institution in two roles beginning Sept. 1. In addition to his responsibilities as dean, Murphy will serve as federal relations coordinator, working with constituencies both on and off campus in establishing federal priorities for the university...
One hundred years. That's how much time has passed since the construction of Graff Main Hall, Chancellor Joe Gow said last Wednesday at the annual Chancellor's Address. Recalling the stone marker he passed outside of Graff on his morning jog, Gow anticipated that in another 100 years, UW-L faculty and staff will look back on the construction of the new academic building and stadium with the same sense of pride...
The UW-River Falls Chancellor Search and Screen Committee unveiled a timeline Aug. 26 that outlines the steps they will take to fill the chancellor position left open by the departure of Don Betz in June. The timeline will end with an official appointment on Dec. 23...
Many students were surprised when they walked into the main entrance of the new and improved University Bookstore that opened in June...The $2.66 million dollar upgrade was started in February of this year and was meant to give the bookstore structural updates as well as cosmetic changes, said Terri Meinel, University Bookstore Director...
Two programs that since 1983 have provided millions of dollars and helped create hundreds of jobs for Wisconsin companies are scheduled to end later this month but could be reinstated. Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, a Democrat, said Wednesday he will introduce legislation next week to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research and the Small Business Technology Transfer programs, established to promote small business innovation and commercialization prospects and to enhance opportunities for women...
The presence of Google and Microsoft has focused more attention on Madison's information technology status, and the former chair of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Computer Sciences Department believes Madison is likely to see more technology giants set up stakes here...
...Wisconsin has a long and proud tradition of supporting public education and preparing students to be productive contributors to our society. Education may have changed from the one-room schoolhouses of yesteryear, but there is still a common foundation. We want students who think critically, who can identify and solve problems, who know how to work together, who have a basic sense of ethics and who can adapt to new situations...
It's laudable that Wisconsin aims to award 5 percent of state contracts to companies owned by minorities. However, it needs to think through how that goal is applied. The state recently awarded a project — the renovation and expansion of a University of Wisconsin-Stout science building — to a minority-owned firm from the Twin Cities, even though two Wisconsin firms underbid the contractor. Its $29.5 million price tag translates into $1.3 million more for taxpayers...
Colleges experiencing larger-than-expected freshman enrollments are scrambling to relieve overcrowding in dorms, classrooms, cafeterias and elsewhere...
Textbook sales are headed downward at many university presses, and the negative trend has accelerated in the last couple of months. That's the word from press directors anxious about the decline but unsure what's causing it or what to do to stop it...
Eight years ago, Texas Tech University started a financial-literacy program to help its students master the basics of budgeting, saving, and not buying what they can't afford. Now, as colleges grapple with rising costs and an economic downturn, the university has found itself at the forefront of a growing effort to sharpen students' financial know-how...
How environmentally friendly is your college or university? Well, it all depends on whom you ask. As higher education has become more conscious of issues such as sustainability, a number of independent assessments have arisen from both nonprofit and for-profit sources...