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With state budget cuts sweeping the nation, public universities are finding it necessary to make plans to accommodate their projected smaller budgets as well. University of Wisconsin System spokesperson David Giroux said schools need to figure out possible solutions to meet the budget and still serve their mission as an institute for higher learning...
The investigation into hazing allegations by members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison marching band stemmed from complaints from parents of two male freshman band members, according to documents released Monday...
Alarmed parents of two male UW Marching Band members helped trigger the university investigation into alcohol and sexual-related hazing allegations earlier this fall, according to newly released UW-Madison documents...
Parents of Wisconsin marching band members expressed outrage over the school's handling of a hazing investigation in dozens of e-mails to administrators, according to records released Monday. The parents threatened to withhold donations, sought refunds for football tickets and even vowed to seek the firing of an assistant dean who led the probe, the e-mails show...
Cellular Dynamics International Inc., a firm co-founded by stem cell pioneer and University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher James Thomson, has absorbed a pair of sister companies and raised $18 million in financing, the firm said Monday...
Three companies founded by star University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell researcher James Thomson are merging into a single entity that aspires to be a world leader in the field...
Cellular Dynamics International, the Madison-based research company founded by stem cell pioneer Dr. James Thomson and three fellow UW-Madison professors, has merged with two sister companies and is getting $18 million in new financing...
The University of Wisconsin Credit Union has established a need-based scholarship fund for students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, with a possible endowment of $30,000 including credit union member donations and matching funds. The UW Credit Union will initially fund a $10,000 endowment at UWSP. If credit union members match this with another $10,000 in donations, the credit union will match it for another $10,000. The program is being offered at five UW System universities in addition to UWSP...
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle said Monday his decision to suspend merit pay raises and bonuses is unfair to hardworking state employees but necessary to balance the budget...His decision to eliminate merit pay increases had immediate impact across the state bureaucracy, canceling bonuses and raises that were in the works but had not been approved. A UW System spokesman said the decision nixes pending pay raises for about six employees; no statewide estimate for all agencies was immediately available...
A budget expert says claims that Wisconsin's budget shortfall is the worst in state history is misleading. The Governor says the state faces a $5.4 billion budget shortfall. To understand that number it helps to break it down. $5.4 billion is the difference between what the state thinks it will have, and what state agencies think they'll need. So far the Governor has stressed the first part of that equation, saying the state won't have as much because the slowing economy means it will take in fewer tax dollars. But Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance Director Todd Berry says that doesn't tell the full story ...
In the midst of a $5.4 billion budget deficit, Gov. Doyle is calling on all state agencies to trim where they can, though he says he'll try to save spending for education...
...Not surprisingly, the choices are tight for a governor who has been a strong proponent of public education and human services — 80 percent of the budget goes toward school aid, local aid, the University of Wisconsin System, corrections and health care. To get an idea of how difficult a task it will be to plug the budget hole, Doyle says he can close all state parks, tell the State Troopers to go home, close a couple of prisons, cut the university by two-thirds, and it still would not be enough...Doyle said no group would be immune from making sacrifices, though he vowed to protect the educational system, including higher education, from major cuts and avoid raising taxes...
Gov. Jim Doyle said the state would have to tighten its wallet and slash departmental budgets, including aid for public schools and universities, to close a $5.4 billion deficit predicted by 2011. "The only way you start dealing with this size deficit is there are going to be real consequences for schools and universities and for local governments," Doyle told the Green Bay Press-Gazette editorial board on Monday...
Milwaukee Area Technical College will consider pushing for a statutory change that would be the first step toward having armed public safety officers at the school - something now allowed only at four-year University of Wisconsin campuses...
The jobs of 34 employees leaving Beloit College by the end of 2008 were eliminated. The employees did not choose voluntary separation, as the Beloit Daily News incorrectly reported in the weekend edition. The Daily News regrets the error. Those employees were notified Friday their positions will be eliminated effective Dec. 31...
The financial firms were first, now it's the automakers...but in the course of these discussion it's time we focused on yet a different danger that is involved in this general economic crisis. I am referring to the danger to America's system and tradition of higher education...
As the economy unravels, colleges and universities find themselves facing big challenges. The Chronicle spoke with the presidents of four private institutions and asked them what they're doing to cope...
...As budget cuts force more colleges across the country to curtail hiring, many are still finding ways to fill positions in crucial areas. While definitions of “crucial” vary from college to college, most are trying valiantly — or desperately — to preserve basic teaching functions. Universities such as Cornell and Brown have managed to move forward with faculty searches while freezing staff hirings, but less wealthy institutions increasingly lack that luxury...
Stocks are down, down, down. But student interest in economics appears to be trending upward. The financial crisis has made the subject more relevant and immediate to many high school and college students, and they are suddenly paying closer attention in class...
The United States government unveiled $800 billion worth of new loans and debt purchases on Tuesday, hoping another massive infusion of cash would smooth troubled credit markets and make borrowing easier for homebuyers, small businesses and students...Separately, the Fed and Treasury Department announced a $200 billion program to ease commercial lending on debt like student loans, car loans or business loans. The Fed would lend up to $200 billion to holders of asset-backed securities supported by car loans, credit card loans, student loans, and business loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration...