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The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will likely cut $5 million from its budget in the next two years. UW-L's administration had been planning for cuts anywhere from $2 million to $6 million...Gow said while he can't rule out staffing cuts, he hopes enough savings can be found elsewhere. Five million dollars is about 6 percent of UW-L's $82 million general program revenue budget...
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh just hired its first ever director of sustainability who will earn $80,000 a year to oversee sustainability initiatives on campus. Given the brutal budget and economic environment, it is incumbent on the university to spell out in greater detail its justification for hiring a new director during a self-described "soft freeze" on personnel searches...
U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, told a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point political science class Thursday the $787 billion economic recovery package is so extensive because the economy is in the greatest crisis since the Great Depression...Obey, as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, has played a central role in developing the package that was passed by Congress last week and signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday..."I know people will say, 'Oh my God, that is a lot of money. What about the deficit?'" Obey said. "My response to them is 'What do you think the deficit is going to be if this economy collapses? You will see the deficit much larger than if you do nothing. You show me a smaller problem, I'd be happy to show you a smaller solution, but ... you don't shoot a grizzly bear with a BB gun'"...
Dozens of commercial and residential infill developments are itemized in this report about the ongoing construction boom on Madison's isthmus. But these private-sector developments are dwarfed by what is taking place on the UW-Madison campus, where two dozen significant projects have been completed since February 2005, are now under construction or have been proposed for the next five years. Though fewer in number than the noted private-sector projects, these UW developments are larger in scale: In total, they represent almost $1.5 billion (with a b) in value -- about three times the total invested in private-sector developments for the same period...
Stock market declines have slowed the progress of academic building projects dependent on sizable private donations at four University of Wisconsin campuses, including UW-Superior, according to state officials. Construction bids for the UWS' $32 million Jim Swenson Hall weren't let as scheduled in December as funding fell about $3.5 million short of the goal for contributions...
UW-River Falls students, faculty and staff may or may not have noticed the blue signs in the University Center bathrooms commenting on the gray water in the toilets. The signs-put up during J-Term-signal the recent success of the rainwater reuse system. The rainwater reuse system is the first of its kind in a state of Wisconsin building, Mark Gillis, assistant supervisor of facilities maintenance, said...
The state Building Commission Wednesday added $7.1 million to the Union South replacement budget, bringing the project total to $94.8 million. University of Wisconsin System Vice President David Miller explained that construction costs have been better identified as the project planning progresses. While a number of cost-cutting alternatives have been considered, including reducing the number of guest rooms from 120 to 60, the project remains above the estimated budget, and further cuts would contradict the student-approved scope of the project funded from $85.7 million in student fees...
...The chancellor said UW-Eau Claire officials have developed a strategic plan in recent years to evaluate multiple areas of concern, from purchasing to graduation, and how to provide those services and programs without compromising the integrity and overall strength of the university. "The natural tendency is to just kind of hunker down and hope things pass over," he said. "We're not -- I'm not -- really ready to do that"...
The University of Wisconsin System could face a combined budget cut of up to $174 million under Gov. Jim Doyle's proposed 2009-11 budget, which would lead to a possible 5 to 6 percent tuition hike for students and cutbacks across the system...
Chancellor Joe Gow knew the UW System was facing a $100 million budget cut on his way to Madison this Tuesday, but as Gov. Jim Doyle presented his 2009 - 2011 budget strategy, details emerged hinting to just how bad the situation will become...All told, the UW System faces a total budget reduction of $174 million, Gow said. But what does this mean here? UW-L receives 4.22 percent of the total budget of System, Gow said, and that percentage of the total cut is a staggering $7.3 million in expected cuts for UW-L. "This is pretty serious," Gow said. "This is a whole new era...we're going to have to take a serious look at how we pay for educating Wisconsin university students"...
UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago sent an email message to all students Wed. Feb 18, following a proposal from Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle to cut $174 million from the UW System budget..."It is not yet clear how this cut will be applied to individual campuses, and we await specifics on this matter from the UW System leadership," wrote Santiago. Santiago outlined a number of key points that will affect UWM...
The UW System has reportedly worked with Governor Jim Doyle in order to protect education in the midst of a $5.7 billion state deficit. Together, a plan has been devised to cover tuition increase costs for families who earn less than $60,000...Chancellor Richard Telfer sent a university-wide e-mail to acknowledge the issues at hand and praise Gov. Doyle for supporting higher education during the state's economical hardship...
With cell phones becoming the primary mode of communication for students, student housing is looking to reduce landlines in residence halls...
...Wednesday, Doyle met with The Post-Crescent editorial board to talk about the plan. Here are excerpts from the interview.On his top priorities in devising the proposal: "We have to sustain what's most important to us. We cannot let an education system collapse. We can't let a university become so expensive that ordinary people can no longer attend...
...The Fishers are among hundreds of Sheboygan families preparing for high school graduation -- and the mountains of college loans and rapidly declining endowments that await them...The harsh economic climate is worrisome to college administrators, who have been pooling resources to talk about the economic recession and its impact on college campuses. Some Sheboygan area administrators from private colleges participated in an online seminar about that topic last week. Now, college administrators say when and where to decide to go to college could change more than ever...
Same-sex couples could form domestic partnerships and receive some of the same benefits as married people under Gov. Jim Doyle's new budget plan...
Governor Doyle's biennial budget proposal contained some big numbers; $2.2 billion in cuts to state services. $2.1 billion in federal stimulus money. $1.4 billion in new taxes, including a 1% increase on the highest earners. But one of the more controversial proposals would extend legal rights and benefits to gay couples in Wisconsin...
One hundred educators, policy makers, and business people provided valuable insights on the importance of investing in Wisconsin citizens during the Making Opportunity Affordable strategic planning event in late January. They share an urgency to make education at all levels more productive and to ensure that our educational policies and practices help students progress from high school to postsecondary education...(Author: Elizabeth Burmaster, state superintendent of public education and UW System Regent)...
...It is becoming increasingly clear to many local business, educational and civic leaders that the (federal stimulus) plan, if implemented smartly, could help drive southeastern Wisconsin into the 21st century...In addition, Wisconsin's wish list includes $993.3 million for green alternative energy projects, including upgrading state vehicles to alternative fuel, state-owned power plant conversions from coal and investments in UW facility research efforts in alternative energy sources...
The Milwaukee Area Technical College board voted 6-3 Thursday night to dismiss President Darnell Cole, less than two weeks after he was cited with operating while intoxicated. Cole's termination is effective immediately. Provost Vicki Martin will be the interim president of the college...
Mount Mary College has named former provost Eileen Schwalbach president of the Catholic college for women, officials announced Thursday. Schwalbach, 59, has been the school's acting president since September, when former president Linda Timm resigned abruptly. Before taking that position, Schwalbach served as Mount Mary's provost - the chief academic officer...
A joint letter written by representatives of the three sectors of Wisconsin upper level education may have proved effective when Gov. Jim Doyle announced an increase in financial aid for each division Tuesday. The budget includes a 30 percent increase in financial aid for students in the University of Wisconsin system and a 3 percent increase for students attending private universities and technical schools...
As part of an effort to make college more affordable, higher-education leaders in Maryland are trying to keep textbook prices down. The Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland unanimously approved guidelines Friday to make it easier for students to search for cheaper books...The resulting 10 guidelines were passed unanimously last week. The regents' policy asks schools to post a number that identifies textbooks required by professors on the college's Web site by a certain deadline each semester. The number allows students to search online for cheaper copies...
The $200-million for Federal Work-Study in the economic-stimulus law that President Obama signed this week is expected to help an additional 130,000 students, each earning an average of $1,500 a year, according to government estimates. The money, despite rumors to the contrary, will not be pegged to a new community-service requirement... (paid subscription required)
...Colleges and universities of all kinds across the country are facing shrunken endowments, decreased giving and government cutbacks, and many have reduced their payroll and list of classes. But historically black institutions have two significant disadvantages when it comes to weathering hard times: smaller endowments, which mean heavier reliance on tuition and fees, and a higher proportion of disadvantaged students who are now facing a credit crunch when they apply for loans...
Harvard University announced Wednesday that it would slow its expansion into the Allston neighborhood of Boston because of a steep decline in the university's endowment and other economic pressures...
Hundreds of people gathered outside the New York University student center early Friday in support of protesters who had been barricaded in the building's cafeteria for more than 24 hours and who had ignored the university's 1 a.m. deadline to end the demonstration...The demands included thorough annual reporting of the university's operating budget, expenditures and endowment. They also want the university to provide 13 scholarships a year to students from the Gaza Strip and to give surplus supplies to the Islamic University of Gaza. The students also called on the school to allow graduate teaching assistants to unionize and to freeze tuition...
As universities across the country anticipate their share of more than $21-billion in research money from the new economic-stimulus law, Carl Zeiss Inc. is trying to catch their attention...But the $787-billion stimulus plan, signed into law on Tuesday by President Obama, was designed by Congress to spark the U.S. economy, and it includes requirements involving the creation of jobs in the United States and the use of American-made goods... (paid subscription required)
...The compromise, which was designed to eliminate a nearly $42 billion shortfall in the state's budget for the 2008-9 and 2009-10 fiscal years, inflicts significant pain on the three massive higher education systems: the University of California, California State University, and the California Community Colleges...The budget compromise would also impose 10 percent increases in tuition (which Californians insist on calling "fees") on students at UC and Cal State and, by not funding enrollment increases at the two university systems, effectively lock out more than 12,000 students next fall...