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One University of Wisconsin System regent said Thursday she was "terribly disturbed" by a survey that found a high rate of sexual assault on and off campuses that mostly goes unreported. The voluntary survey conducted by Rankin & Associates asked more than 13,000 students, faculty and staff at four universities and 13 two-year colleges questions about their academic and work environments...
Sue Rankin, senior research associate of Rankin & Associates recently conducted a survey of the UW System schools. The increase in the number of sexual assaults in the system concerned several system administrators...
Although many students, faculty and staff at University of Wisconsin schools say they are comfortable on campus, some say they have experienced harassment, often based on sexual orientation, gender, race or ethnicity, according to a new survey...
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents focused on the prevalence of sexual assault on campus, among other issues facing the UW System, during discussions at Thursday’s meeting.
The states colleges and universities are not immune from the impact of the struggling economy and the state budget deficit. The State Board of Regents met at UW-La Crosse today to discuss the challenges...
Buying textbooks deals a blow to every college student's wallet, but in the University of Wisconsin System, the pain isn't always doled out evenly. Students at the UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison campuses can pay more than twice as much for their books as their counterparts at schools such as UW-La Crosse or UW-River Falls, according to a recent audit report...
Some University of Wisconsin System regents say they're frustrated campuses have made little progress toward reducing textbook costs. Regents complained Friday that some campuses have made little or no movement toward adopting book rental programs or other cost-saving strategies...
The UW Board of Regents unanimously approved a 2.5 percent pay raise for unclassified faculty and academic staff this morning...
A UW-System official says a national report on college affordability shows that more needs to be done to improve financial aid for Wisconsin’s students….but adds the state does well in retaining students through graduation...
The UW System is not immune to the financial struggles the country is going through. As the state is forced to continue to make cuts to their budget, less funding is available for System and state universities are being asked to be more financially efficient...
In these challenging economic times, UW-Richland continues to maintain its long-held reputation as the UW System's most affordable entry point for incoming college students...
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is embarking on the next steps of its chancellor search process, continuing Friday with the first of four public forums designed to give campus and community members a closer look at the finalists...
Members of Madison’s Jewish community Thursday are mourning the loss of a Mumbai-based Rabbi and his wife killed in the recent terrorists attack in India...
Albert and Nancy Nicholas once again donated money in support of the Wisconsin School of Business. The money will be used to start an endowment deanship...
An endowed deanship position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Business has been created with a donation from long-time university supporter Albert Nicholas and his wife, Nancy Johnson Nicholas. The donation creates the Albert O. Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business, which will cover the costs of the school’s deanship, which previously were paid primarily by university funds...
A survey designed to assess how ready Wisconsin manufacturers are for the future indicates more workplace training may be needed, along with increased development of new products and the ability to expand worldwide...
Grants and scholarships aren't keeping pace with rising college tuition, forcing Chippewa Valley students to take on more debt, according to financial aid officials at two area universities. "There's a clear need to increase the amount of need-based aid," said Kathy Sahlhoff, director of financial aid at UW-Eau Claire...
A number of state and local dignitaries stood in line Wednesday night to sing the praises of Google as the Internet giant held an official unveiling of its Madison office...
Although the current state deficit remains a big concern for Wisconsin’s budget, Gov. Jim Doyle hopes to rectify the issue in its own budget bill once the next legislative session begins in January...
In times of economic instability, enrollments at community colleges typically balloon. Those left without jobs, however, often cannot afford to further their education even at relatively low-cost institutions. Now, amid rising unemployment nationwide, some community colleges are waiving tuition for their local jobless...
The latest national report card on higher education, as in the past, handed out a lot of "incompletes." Like the student who keeps forgetting to turn in that lab report, the grades can't be computed without all the data... (paid subscription required)
Anyone looking for further proof that the student-loan industry is hurting could have found it here on Thursday at the annual student-lending conference of the Consumer Bankers Association... (paid subscription required)
Surveys by COACHE — the acronym for the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education — have played a key role in recent years in drawing attention to the frustrations and hopes of young faculty members. The studies have been influential in campus discussions about the need for more clarity about tenure expectations or the importance of family-friendly policies...
Minority professors on the tenure track aren't as satisfied with their academic workplace as their white counterparts are, says a new report... (paid subscription required)
As many institutions begin to designate and differentiate graduate faculty from regular faculty, they run the risk of creating something akin to an academic caste system. But with careful thought and planning, two speakers at a session of the annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools said Thursday, that does not have to be the case...
The 33 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $1.088-billion in gifts and pledges during the last reporting period for which they had data available, which in most cases was the month ending October 31...Over the past 12 months, universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $9.345-billion in gifts and pledges... (paid subscription required)