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New University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin said Thursday she would replace the school's No. 2 official, the latest personnel change in her short tenure. "I am building my own team," Martin said as she announced that Patrick Farrell would leave his job at the end of the semester...
The number-two administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will step down and return to the faculty at the end of the fall semester as the university searches for a new provost, officials announced today...
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin continues to take steps to put in place her own leadership team. On Thursday, the university announced that Patrick Farrell will no longer serve as UW-Madison's provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs once the fall semester concludes...
New University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor Biddy Martin speaks about her first semester at the school and her plans for the future...
Gov. Jim Doyle included more than $68 million in road construction, building renovations, rail upgrades and airport improvements in the Oshkosh area in a multi-billion economic stimulus list presented to the incoming administration. Doyle included more than $22 million in University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh building improvements and upgrades in the list, the most by far of any UW-System institution, presented to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team Wednesday...
UW-Madison police leaders this morning said they were pleased with the results of yesterday’s full-scale test of the university’s new emergency text-messaging service — especially compared to the first one they did...This time, it failed for less than 2 percent of the 15,480 users, or for 306 people...
With the state facing a historic budget shortfall, the impact on the University of Wisconsin-Superior remains unknown. Despite that uncertainty, Chancellor Julius Erlenbach gathered faculty, staff and students together to lay the groundwork for addressing the campus’ share of the shortfall...
With deep budget cuts from the state on their way, UW-L's administration has decided to cut its support for a number of student programs included under Academic Initiatives. Continued funding for Academic Initiatives, a broad category of programs serving student needs including those promoting student research, diversity and campus safety, international education, and student advising, is now at the mercy of the Student Senate. The Senate will vote today on whether to pick up the tab for these programs, adding charges to students' already fee-laden bills, or to allow the programs to lapse...
Middle and high school girls can call upon University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh math major Liz Quandt the next time they are baffled by an algebraic equation or stumped by story problems. Quandt provides free math tutoring to female students in Fond du Lac as part of a new Girls + Math + Science = Opportunities (GMSO) program designed to help young girls receive help with math and science in a comfortable environment...
"Times are tough and job losses keep piling up. But dairying offers plenty of opportunity. The demand for dairy is increasing and other states have responded in kind," notes Scott Mickelsen, Dean of Agriculture and Community Services at Northcentral Technical College. "But Wisconsin hasn't"...DSA is an historic collaborative effort of the DSA Board, Northcentral Technical College, the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, University of Wisconsin-Extension, and University of Wisconsin-River Falls...
Baldy. Eddie. Edgar. Ernie. Screech. Talon. One of those six names will be the name of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse eagle mascot. The university’s eagle mascot has cheered on athletic teams for nearly 20 years — without a name. Most fans refer to the mascot as “The Eagle,” but in January that will change...
Moving school funding away from property taxes, shortening high school time from four to three years, eliminating the corporate income tax. These are a handful of the many ideas an influential group of business and lobbying leaders in the state are hoping to spur a discussion about long-term solutions to Wisconsin's economic woes...The blueprint also suggests moving educational dollars toward pre-school and early education, getting high school students out of school earlier by lengthening the school year and providing more college accredited or technical school classes to seniors...
Gov. Jim Doyle said he's cautiously hopeful that Congress will approve a federal stimulus package for the states...Doyle told the U.S. House Appropriations Committee in Washington on Thursday that Wisconsin will collect $3 billion less in taxes over the next two years. The governor said that jeopardizes state schools, universities, technical colleges, access to health care and local police and fire service...
Gov. Jim Doyle has presented members of President-elect Barack Obama's economic team with a list of nearly 1,800 projects in Wisconsin that could benefit immediately from an infusion of federal money...
Donald and Patricia Schneider have provided a $4 million lead gift toward the construction of a new athletic complex at St. Norbert College in De Pere. Donald Schneider is the chairman-emeritus of Schneider National, the truckload carrier and logistics company based in Green Bay...
Researchers at UW-Madison are conducting the state's first long-term comprehensive study of the effects of need-based financial aid on college students' success...
...YouTube is perhaps best known for its cavalcade of homemade performances and TV clips, but many people like Nissim are turning to it for free tutoring in math, science and other complicated subjects...
It’s hard to predict what’s ahead in terms of the economics of higher education — whether a long-term downturn will force colleges and universities to prune their expenditures, their academic and extracurricular offerings, and/or their staffs. But one thing is for certain: The base from which colleges will be making staffing decisions, if they are forthcoming, has continued its steady expansion, with the number of faculty members and professional staff rising faster than other sorts of campus employees, a new report from the U.S. Education Department shows...