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Liberal education may be the key to keeping students competitive in the 21st century and revitalizing the U.S. economy, said Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton at a University of Wisconsin System conference Friday. Lawton stressed the importance of promoting liberal education in preparing students to adapt to the rapidly changing economic environment...
Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton spoke Friday at the Pyle Center on the importance of a liberal education in today's economic climate...She said a liberal education leads to skilled and qualified workers and Wisconsin must retain these workers in order to keep the state economy "vibrant"...
It's been a topsy-turvy week and a half for Oneida County's UW-Extension department head Dan Kuzlik. On Nov. 12 seven members of the Oneida County Board of Supervisors voted to cut half of the county's contribution to the UW-Extension budget. Just seven days later, Kuzlik had the honor of delivering the keynote address at the Northwoods Economic Summit at the invitation of the governor's office...
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has big goals and big challenges. Martin, who succeeded Chancellor John Wiley in September, has promised to increase lagging faculty and staff salaries that are allowing other universities to recruit away some stars and demoralizing other employees. She's vowed to raise big money for need-based financial aid. And she's reorganizing the administration, creating a new vice chancellor position to better promote the university's message. At the same time, the state's $5 billion budget deficit is likely to mean additional cutbacks for the university and possibly big tuition increases. A national economic downturn could make it harder to raise private money...
The University of Wisconsin-Stout already is preparing options to handle what is expected to be significant budget reductions for 2009-11, Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen said Thursday in response to the release of new state budget projections for this fiscal year and the next biennium..."This is going to be a hard two or three years coming up," Sorensen said. "We feel it is important to start planning for how we will handle a significant budget reduction"...
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is seeing an increase in foreign student enrollment. According to officials, student enrollment at the university has risen from 178 in 2006 to just under 300 this year, an increase of 40 percent...
For the first time in college, Nathan Schuettpelz found himself taking out an unsubsidized loan this fall. He had spent the summer at a mandatory program for his major and was unable to work, losing a source of income that normally lasts through the school year. When his father, a carpenter, was hit by the housing crisis, any help Schuettpelz had been getting from home dried up. He tried applying for more financial aid, but was denied. He tried to get a more favorable loan from the UW-Credit Union, but wasn't approved as a sole signer, and with his parents' financial struggles, their names weren't going to help...
Serving as Salisbury University's vice president of student affairs for four years, Ellen Neufeldt is currently in the running for the position of chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. This week, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly announced that the 19-member search and screen committee narrowed applicants down to five finalists...
...A group of students from UW-Stout's "Abuse in the Family" class taught by Suan Wolfgram collected the teddy bears and other stuffed toys as part of a class requirement to create social action groups and address social issues in Menomonie...
...Last year, approximately 1,900 UW-Madison students participated in a study abroad program, up about 14 percent from the year before. In fact, UW-Madison ranks 10th among U.S. research universities for study abroad participation, according to the annual Open Doors report, released last week by the Institute of International Education. The popularity of studying abroad continues to grow, but as the economy waivers, international travel may not seem feasible to young adults and college students...
A Badger tradition is taking a hiatus from its usual spot on campus. Saturday afternoon's Badger Bash was the last pregame party at Union South for quite a while. The building, which opened in 1971, will be torn down at the end of this school year...
The Badger/Cal Poly game on Saturday was not only Wisconsin's final regular-season game but also the final Badger Bash at the current Union South on the UW campus.On Saturday Badger fans at the Badger Bash celebrated with the usual beer, brats, and music while also bidding a final farewell to the Union South they've come to know and love...
What's a Blugold? The age-old question may soon be answered. A recent survey of students, faculty and staff, alumni and donors showed 69 percent of respondents are in favor of implementing a mascot at UW-Eau Claire. After such a high turnout, the results are obvious - Eau Claire wants a mascot...
Paying for school hasn't been easy for Jim Rohde, but the St. Norbert College senior has made it work. Rohde, a political science major, receives about $17,000 a year in need-based financial aid from St. Norbert. He works on campus for 15 to 20 hours a week, with much of his paycheck going toward food and other day-to-day expenses.These days, perhaps a bigger concern for Rohde's family is paying for schooling for younger brother Joe, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The sagging economy, tightening credit environment and rising tuition prices have raised questions among many students and their families about how to make the financing work...
It promises to be the most cost-effective road to a college degree, but some claim their time in technical college was a waste of time and money. For years Milwaukee Area Technical College was considered a trade school but in recent years it has billed itself as a "stepping stone to a university education." The number of students taking that path has increased. However, some said when they get to the university they are shocked to learn the time and money they spent at MATC did not pay off...
Governor Jim Doyle now says the state faces a budget shortfall of $5.4 billion over the next couple years. Filling that hole could require drastic cuts or tax increases, but Doyle says he's taking some smaller steps in the short term...
Private student lender Edamerica has met its loan obligations to Milwaukee Area Technical College students after announcing earlier this year it did not have the cash to cut loan refund checks on time. In late September, Knoxville, Tenn.-based Edamerica told MATC that it would not be able to make about $250,000 in payments for more than 100 students by the agreed-upon deadline. Like other lenders, Edamerica lacked liquidity because of the credit crisis. MATC was among several colleges across the country to get the warning. Loan checks from Edamerica to students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Oshkosh and UW-Stout were several weeks late as well...
When employers need to update their workers' skills, Fox Valley Technical College has been among the regional organizations to answer the call. Led by FVTC President Susan May, the role of the school is to respond to regional employers' needs and students' interests. The school balances graduates and jobs. Today, with many companies scaling back because of the economic downturn, May thinks the role of the college has become more critical...For FVTC, the weakened economy has already translated into a 5 percent to 6 percent increase in enrollment...
Three companies founded to bring to market groundbreaking University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell research are merging into one. Cellular Dynamics International says it is merging with sister companies Stem Cell Products Inc. and iPS Cells Inc. Star UW-Madison stem cell researcher James Thomson had a role in founding all three companies...
More than 30 Beloit College employees took the voluntary retirement Interim President Dick Niemiec asked for earlier this month due to a $1 million shortfall. The employees' positions will end on Dec. 31...
President-elect Barack Obama has made big promises to educators, parents and the nation's nearly 50 million public school students...Helping ensure college access is likely to be the next president's most pressing education priority. The financial downturn has raised concerns about the continuing availability of student loans. On Thursday, the Education Department announced plans to expand purchases of the loans it backs, the most recent of several steps to help avert a student loan crisis...
In the week since The Chronicle of Higher Education published its annual survey of university presidents' pay -- a week in which the nation's economic troubles worsened -- several of the highest-paid presidents said that they would give back part of their pay or forgo their raises...
The nation's economic crisis is bringing colleges higher borrowing costs, smaller endowments, tighter budgets, and fears over the availability of loans for their students. Yet one of the most critical factors in colleges' health -- student enrollment -- appears to be largely holding strong, at least for now...Among more than 50 institutions that responded to an informal survey conducted over the past three months by The Chronicle and Aacrao: the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, few reported severe drops in their incoming freshman classes this fall. Some even reported double-digit growth, thanks in part to the countercyclical nature of higher education, which often gains students when workers lose jobs... (paid subscription required)
As endowments shrink and colleges reassess their long-term financial prospects, many institutions are feeling immediate effects from the economic downturn. The Chronicle surveyed colleges around the country that have recently announced hiring freezes, construction delays, and other cost-cutting measures. The cuts, which range from temporary hiring "pauses" in individual departments to across-the-board spending limits, provide a glimpse at the difficulties that colleges are facing... (paid subscription required)