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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is the 14th best value for in-state students out of 100 of the nation's public colleges and universities, according to business magazine Kiplinger's Personal Finance. Two other UW campuses made the annual list of the 100 best values in public higher education -- with UW-La Crosse at No. 38 and UW-Eau Claire at No. 65 for in-state students...
...Of our 100 top schools, led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, fewer than two dozen cost more than $20,000 a year for in-state students; the University of Florida, ranked number two, keeps total in-state costs below $12,000. In contrast, private colleges have lately averaged about $33,000 a year, and some have reached a heart-stopping $50,000...
A national personal finance magazine ranked the University of Wisconsin 14th last week in terms of affordability in public universities. According to Jane Clark, senior associate editor for Kiplinger Magazine, the study is conducted annually. Rankings are drawn from a national pool and determined by factors including academic test scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios and graduation rates...
Oshkosh lenders say national reports of a dismal student loan forecast do not reflect the local market. Institutions that provide Oshkosh public university students with subsidized, unsubsidized and Federal Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students, or PLUS loans, actually made more loans available this year, said Scott Chicoine, president of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Credit Union, which now has total outstanding loans at $7 million...
Students at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point have been working overtime to allow American Indians to smudge within their residence halls and on campus. Graduate student Rory Griffin, Menominee, has led the charge as a result of misunderstandings he and other Native students have faced when practicing aspects of their religions...
...And although the staff of UW Recreational Sports has done a heroic job of modifying the racquetball court with strings of Christmas lights and the word "spinology" painted on the wall, UW-Madison's facilities no longer meet the fitness needs of students and staff, a new report found. The facilities are "antiquated and too small to meet demand," according to the annual report from the Recreational Sports Board...
Teaching assistants on the Madison campus may hold the key to the future of domestic partner benefits in the University of Wisconsin System...(Teaching Assistant Association president Tim) Frandy says the future of domestic partner benefits at UW is riding on whether Democrats gain control of the state Assembly...
Federal law requires universities to have 60 days of crime data available for public view during business hours, but a new online incident log from the University of Wisconsin Police Department aims to make UW-Madison’s data more accessible...
Carolyn "Biddy" Martin, the new chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, warned Thursday of allowing the prestige of the Madison campus to slip during these tough economic times. Martin stopped by the office for her first meeting with the Editorial Board...
...Petersen, who helped Christian pick a high school and takes him on weekend outings, is the type of adult whom University of Wisconsin-Parkside officials want to participate in Mentor Kenosha & Racine. The new program, which had its official launch on Friday, is housed at the university and recruits, trains and places volunteers in schools and social development agencies in Kenosha, Racine and Walworth counties. The program is part of a growing statewide effort to pair Wisconsinites with both kids and adults who could use a stable source of support...
Several details of a new, multi-thousand dollar "green" coffer need to be ironed out, said Student Senate Treasurer, senior Michael Umhoefer, who helped push for legislation last month to implement an account to fund environmental projects on campus. The new account would cost students about $20 a year, with the money in the account aimed at funding a variety of green initiatives and environmental student-faculty research projects...
A new center at the University of Wisconsin-Stout aims to facilitate eco-industrial development between UW-Stout and leaders in regional businesses and the local community. The Stout Sustainable Technology and Energy Center is currently uniting members of the UW-Stout biology, chemistry, business and design departments with local businesses such as Five Star Dairy of Elkmound, Wis. and the Gopher Resource Corporation of Eagan, Minn...
The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, a highly respected independent research organization, recently made public a report that should alarm everyone who is interested in Wisconsin's economic future. The Alliance reported that Wisconsin trails every state in the country but one in levels of funding increases for higher education — universities, technical colleges and community colleges — over the past five years...No matter which portion of this credible report you choose to focus on, the message is clear: Higher education has not been a funding priority for the state of Wisconsin. This must change for Wisconsin to compete in the highly competitive global economy — an economy that is based more and more on knowledge...
The Wisconsin Covenant continues to expand. The program has now enrolled 35,000 eighth grade students around Wisconsin, according to Amy Bechtum, Director of the Office of the Wisconsin Covenant...
More than 1,600 Green Bay School District students have signed onto the Wisconsin Covenant, a deal with the state that promises to make college possible for students who meet a set of criteria. Nearly 700 district students signed the pledge in its first year, followed by nearly 1,000 recently during its second sign-up period...
The Milwaukee School of Engineering next fall will launch a degree program in biomolecular engineering - the first bachelor's program of its kind in Wisconsin - thanks to a $6 million gift from philanthropists Robert and Patricia Kern and their daughters...
The state and Information Technology Association of Wisconsin believes it has an answer to “brain drain” — the phenomenon that draws Wisconsin’s best and brightest to other parts of the country to exercise skills learned in the Badger state. Lt. Gov. Barb Lawton and Bill Mortimore, acting president of the association, announced the launch of a new career and job matching service in an effort to promote Wisconsin job opportunities to meet a growing demand for talent in the information technology work force...
...Few students make their way to campus directly from an outpatient bed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as Mr. Blanchard did. But with the passage this summer of a new G.I. Bill that offers a greatly improved package of education benefits, there will be more. When the bill goes into effect, in August 2009, a boom in post-9/11 veterans is expected at colleges and universities across the nation. And unlike the aftermath of the Vietnam War, when few colleges and universities welcomed military veterans, a growing number are taking steps to ease the difficult transition...
The new G.I. Bill kicks in on Aug. 1, 2009, and will offer wide-ranging education benefits to veterans and active members of the armed forces. It also provides benefits to those in the National Guard and Reserve, who account for more than half the veterans returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and were shortchanged under the old bill...
The new G.I. Bill, officially the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, may be more generous than the old one, but a lot of tuition and myriad incidental costs can end up uncovered. Luckily, there’s money out there. More than $300 million in scholarships and grants for veterans and military members goes unclaimed each year, according to Military.com, a Web site that tracks benefits. How to take advantage? Step 1, says Terry Howell, the site’s managing editor, is to decide what education you want. Step 2: prepare to do some homework...
...College presidents, while philosophical about the historical bonds between academe and alcohol, are immensely frustrated by the universal flouting of the law and the persistence of binge drinking. Each year, they see its tragic consequences in the form of alcohol poisonings, drunken-driving arrests, date rapes and barroom brawls. Even at universities, like Florida, that make aggressive efforts at enforcement and education, administrators say they believe success is limited to the margins...
...Many accredited continuing education programs award “prior learning credit” for knowledge acquired from activities like political work, retail management, corporate administration, writing, even travel...
An article of faith among conservative critics of American universities has been that liberal professors politically indoctrinate their students...But three sets of researchers recently concluded that professors have virtually no impact on the political views and ideology of their students...
Concern over the rising cost of college is nothing new, but it's taking an interesting turn. Most of the attention given to college costs focuses on the sticker price, but few students ever pony up that much. As that price rises, merit-based aid does, too, and most students get what amounts to a discount...But now colleges see both a sputtering economy and an increase in the number of prospective students whose families have not attended college—two factors that could reduce families' willingness to face that high sticker price. How long can the model of ever-increasing price and merit aid be sustained? What new system would rise in its place?... (paid subscription required)
The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression is beginning to shake up the budgets and planning on U.S. college campuses, even in the elite Ivy League...