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The University of Wisconsin-Madison raised more gift money last year than any other public university except UCLA, according to a survey released Wednesday. But donations are slowing as the recession deepens, university officials said, which could mean less scholarship money for students...
Charitable contributions to colleges and universities reached an all time high in the 2008 fiscal year, according to a report by the Council for Aid to Education...Kaplan said the University of Wisconsin was the eighth largest fundraising university in the country, raising a total of $410 million...
The Associated Students of Madison's proposal for a new constitution was voted down earlier this week, ending plans for a new form of student government on the UW-Madison campus...That outcome means the Associated Students of Madison will continue to be run by a Student Council, a 33-member parliamentary body advised by various committees...
Last week Gary Schwartzhoff had an opportunity of a lifetime. Schwartzhoff, UW-Eau Claire director of choral activities, conducted at a national choral festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C...
A Janesville manufacturer says the recession is forcing it to drop an unusual employee benefit that has paid more than $3 million in college tuition since it started nearly 20 years ago. The company, RathGibson, says it will stop paying tuition for Janesville employees' children at the end of this academic year...
The economic downturn has forced a Janesville manufacturer to drop a generous employee benefit that has paid more than $3 million in college tuition since its inception nearly 20 years ago. RathGibson will stop paying tuition for employees' children at the end of this academic year, said John Fortin, vice president and general manager of the company that makes stainless steel and alloy welded tubular products...
Documents related to the firing of former Milwaukee Area Technical College President Darnell Cole reveal that before his drunken-driving arrest, he had been drinking on and off for 12 hours, during which he recalled consuming at least eight cognac drinks and eating very little. Also, during a closed meeting Feb. 19, Cole turned down an offer from the MATC board of retirement with lifetime health benefits, life insurance and possibly some pay - although not his full salary. Instead, Cole was terminated, getting two weeks' pay and his pension. He would have received about $600,000 through the end of his contract...
The federal government has quietly increased its support of the student loan market to such a degree that the real question may be whether there is a role left for private lenders at all...The newest initiative was announced late last fall when there was great concern about the ability of college students and their families to get continued financing for education. The most likely size of the program, detailed in the Federal Register on Jan. 15, was $25 billion...
The nation's colleges and universities set another fundraising record last year, but nobody expects a repeat in 2009, a survey says. Charitable contributions grew 6.2%, to $31.6 billion, based on a survey of 1,052 colleges by the Council for Aid to Education, a New York-based non-profit that tracks private giving to colleges and universities...
President Barack Obama laid out new national goals Tuesday aimed at boosting high school and college graduation rates, but left education experts wondering on how he intends to reach his targets, and how much he is prepared to spend on them...Some observers had believed that education would stay on the back burner early in the Obama administration while the president grappled with the economic crisis. But the subject made it to the top tier of the address to Congress partly because Mr. Obama believes he must send Americans a message about the importance of education...
...College and university leaders were clearly delighted that Mr. Obama dedicated so much time in his speech to higher-education issues, which had for years taken a back seat to elementary and secondary education in presidential addresses. But, by Wednesday, the enormity of the task that has long been on college administrators' wish list became evident again... (paid subscription required)
Faculty members at Minnesota’s seven state universities have voted to skip any salary increases for the next two years as a way to avoid layoffs...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill for the current fiscal year on Wednesday, less than 24 hours before President Obama was scheduled to release his budget for the 2010 fiscal year. The House-passed measure, which would finance most domestic programs—including student aid and research—through September, now heads to the U.S. Senate... (paid subscription required)