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A national survey by standardized testing group ACT is showing a decline in the number of freshmen who return for their second year of college. A bright spot is two-year public schools, whose retention rates have increased...UW System spokesman David Giroux says retention rates for UW schools are better than the national average...
The University of Wisconsin Foundation's endowment fund increased 5.5% from 2007 to 2008, according to a new survey released Tuesday morning. The survey was conducted by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Inc., a Connecticut nonprofit. The survey covered 435 schools and was the first real snapshot of the financial health of endowments in the midst of a recession...
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee officials are lobbying for federal economic stimulus funding for two major campus construction projects: a $44 million update to the Great Lakes water research facility and a $50 million integrated science research building. UWM and Wisconsin's other universities, public and private, are among thousands angling for a piece of the $825 million federal pie, but how much money each state's colleges will receive is still unknown...
Opponents of a proposed abortion clinic that would be jointly run by University of Wisconsin Hospital, its doctor group and Meriter Hospital pledged "serious pushback and opposition" Tuesday, saying fallout likely would include some people boycotting the hospitals and others being referred elsewhere by doctors who oppose the hospitals' involvement in the procedure...
A fund at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health created from the for-profit conversion of Blue Cross and Blue Shield United of Wisconsin is reducing its grants by 15 percent to 20 percent because the value of its endowment has declined...
...Crim, a native of Philadelphia and former University of Virginia basketball standout, was named the new special assistant to the chancellor for community relations in December. That makes Crim a pivotal player in the university's dealings with its neighbors...
Though real-world crime scene investigations rarely unfold the way they do on “CSI: Miami,” the show and its spinoffs have catapulted forensic science into everyday conversation — and now, a new program at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Beginning next fall, students will have the chance to major in chemistry with a concentration in forensic chemistry. The concentration will be the first of its kind in the Twin Ports, UWS officials say...
The Acacia Fraternity house, a stately three-story Tudor revival built in 1927 at 222 Langdon St., is badly in need of expensive repairs...But plans by the developer to renovate the historic frat house on the UW-Madison campus, and squeeze an upscale apartment building behind it, remain up in the air...
UW-Whitewater kicked off its induction into a nationwide competition Tuesday: Recyclemania, located in the University Center. Recyclemania coordinators Alex Baker, Alison Mueller, Jessica Doll and Pat Broderick help Chancellor Richard Telfer perform the official "ribbon-cutting," where he cut open a bag of recyclables and signed the recycling pledge adding the university to a list of 10 other UW System colleges participating in the competition...
The Assembly Tuesday approved measures aimed at directing more state work to Wisconsin businesses struggling because of the recession...The Assembly passed bills that would require: The state Department of Administration and local governments to try to buy at least 20% of materials, supplies and services from Wisconsin vendors. The bill also would require that in each fiscal year, the percentage of the total amount spent on Wisconsin-based businesses not be lower than in the past fiscal year...
Governor Jim Doyle delivers his State of the State address tonight, and one of the topics he may discuss is establishing a domestic partner benefits system for state employees. The Governor says, if Wisconsin wants to remain competitive, the Legislature needs to approve a system for domestic partner benefits. Doyle says that's especially true when it comes to the UW System, where the state is often competing to attract top talent to do their research here...
State experts said whatever federal stimulus plan is ultimately passed by Congress, it's expected to arrive in Wisconsin in two waves. The leaders of Wisconsin's new state office of recovery and reinvestment told lawmakers initial stimulus money will have to be committed to road projects and other work within six months...
We appreciate the sense of urgency that everyone has over how Wisconsin will spend its share of the much-anticipated federal economic stimulus money. But at the same time we think there needs to be some legislative oversight over who will head up the new state agency that will be in charge of spending all this money heading for Wisconsin...Alan Fish, who is the vice chancellor of facilities, planning and management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the husband of Doyle's chief of staff, Susan Goodwin, will be Wolter's assistant...With the top officials in the new agency having close ties to governor, there is a need for review...
A vision for Madison Area Technical College's future that would include a new campus and a more welcoming "front door" at the Truax campus will be presented to the college's board Wednesday...
The economic stimulus plan that Congress has scheduled for a vote on Wednesday would shower the nation’s school districts, child care centers and university campuses with $150 billion in new federal spending, a vast two-year investment that would more than double the Department of Education’s current budget. The proposed emergency expenditures on nearly every realm of education, including school renovation, special education, Head Start and grants to needy college students, would amount to the largest increase in federal aid since Washington began to spend significantly on education after World War II...
Landing a new job in this withering economy may require a stop in school first. As work in many industries dries up, a growing number of Americans are retraining for new fields in hopes of securing employment...As the national unemployment rate soars, retraining is becoming increasingly popular. As part of the House stimulus package, the federal government would send the states an additional $1 billion to provide training and re-employment services to 270,000 dislocated workers. But retraining is not a panacea. Many jobless fear they won't find good positions after their classes end and they'll be back at square one...
Brandeis University's surprising decision this week to close its Rose Art Museum and sell more than 6,000 artworks is a stark example of the rising pressure on colleges to narrow their missions in the economic downturn. The strategy's risks are evident in the protests already lodged by some students and alumni, who view the sale of the collection as a sign of declining aspirations. And donors, who didn't expect their gifts of art would be sold, may decline to be as financially generous to Brandeis in the future...
Almost four million low- and middle-income students would become eligible for a tuition tax break under economic-stimulus legislation before Congress, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The House of Representatives is expected to pass the bill today... (paid subscription required)