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University of Wisconsin officials are still considering a new code that would allow universities to discipline students for their behavior off campus, but the UW-Parkside dean of students said it wouldn’t really affect Parkside...“But it doesn’t say they must,” (UW-P Dean of Students Steve) McLaughlin said. “We don’t have an interest or the time”...
The UW System Board of Regents delayed their decision one month on proposed revisions to the student misconduct code due to changes made in recommendations, and all regents not being present at last week’s meeting. The Board of Regents met at UW-Milwaukee last week, Thursday and Friday. They were set to approve or reject proposed changes to Chapter 17 and 18 student conduct policy – recommendations for the changes were recently updated to reflect student concerns...
UW System President Kevin Reilly said Wednesday in an electronic message that Wisconsin’s university system faces bigger cuts than Governor Jim Doyle first thought. New projections show the state-budget deficit to be about $1 billion higher than initial estimates, pushing the shortfall total to about $6 million dollars...
Thirty-five University of Wisconsin-Madison students expecting to travel to Mexico this month to begin studies won't be heading south of the border after the university canceled those programs due to the swine flu outbreak. Chancellor Biddy Martin issued instructions last week to cancel student programs in Mexico that were scheduled to depart before June 1...
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents on Friday approved a plan to raise tuition at the flagship campus at Madison by substantial amounts, but to designate those funds for spending -- such as additional faculty slots -- that directly improves undergraduate education...
Now that the tribe — or at least the faculty, staff and students of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside — has spoken, the five finalists for the school’s top job have one more challenge before being named sole survivor in the search for a new chancellor. All five have completed community forums at Parkside and will now travel May 19 to Madison for sit-down interviews with UW System president Kevin Reilly and select members of the board of regents...
Energy independence and an educated workforce are critical to a prosperous future for Wisconsin. To respond, the University of Wisconsin-Extension is charging in with a bold new degree: the nation’s first online Sustainable Management bachelor's degree. For the first time, UW-Extension has brought together the strengths of four different University of Wisconsin campuses — UW-Superior, UW-Parkside, UW-River Falls and UW-Stout — to craft a degree completion program that equips workers with the management skills they will need to lead sustainable business initiatives...
A few years ago, Brian Gaudio was disappointed by his whole experience with the teacher education program at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside...McFatter is now the subject of a complaint from a fellow faculty member, who says she shirked state requirements when running the program...
On May 15-17, thousands of new University of Wisconsin grads will at once accept their diplomas and the challenge of facing one of the toughest job markets in decades. But experts say that there are steps that new graduates can take to better their odds of landing a job in a bad market...
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh officials will shake the hands of those who desire it during graduation despite ongoing concerns about the potential spread of the H1N1, or swine flu, virus. The decision, announced Friday, partially reverses an earlier decision to not include the customary handshake during the ceremony...
In his commencement address Saturday, UW-Stout Chancellor Charles Sorensen challenged graduates to be ordinary people who do extraordinary things. He also addressed the world's economic situation and discussed whether receiving a degree would be beneficial in these times...
It was one year ago that three men, who dedicated their careers to saving lives, lost theirs when a University of Wisconsin Hospital Med Flight helicopter crashed in La Crosse...
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has named its eagle mascot "Colbert" (kohl-BAYR') after Comedy Central TV host Stephen Colbert...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and two other universities are working on a study of how organic and conventional farming practices affect cows' health. Full story not available online.
Gov. Jim Doyle plans to structure the furloughs of up to 67,000 state workers so that most won't qualify for unemployment benefits, a top aide confirmed Friday...
Lawmakers and their staffs aren’t subject to Gov. Jim Doyle’s furlough, layoff and pay cut proposals, but legislative leaders are considering those options and more to help cover a projected state budget shortfall that has grown to more than $6 billion...
In these poor economic times one lawmaker says elected officials should lead by example. Considering the ever-expanding budget deficit, Republican Senator Rob Cowles of Green Bay says members of the state legislature should take the same furlough that is forced upon state workers...
...Adjunct ranks have exploded at universities. In 1975, adjuncts made up less than one-third of all faculty. In 2007, adjuncts made up half of faculty, according to the U.S. Department of Education fall staff survey. The move has helped many institutions cut spending - researchers say it costs up to 80% less to hire a part-time faculty member than a full-time faculty member. At the same time, the trend has raised questions about equity and the impact on students. At Marquette, the debate on adjuncts is coming to a head...
Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon has received no donations for the new School of Pharmacy so far this year, prompting school officials to scale back plans for the building and its location...
In an early indication that the economic downturn may not have disrupted students’ college choices as much as schools had feared, more than a dozen top colleges said last week that accepted applicants had committed themselves to attending next fall at about the same rate as last year...But those yields came at a price: many of the colleges said they had increased their financial aid budgets, often significantly, over last year’s...The University of Wisconsin said its yield this year — 41 percent, or about 5,550 deposits — was a drop of 2 percentage points from last year’s. But the university said appeals of financial-aid decisions among accepted freshmen had increased 20 percent over last year...
...Admissions officials have been expecting major increases in public college and university applications, selectivity and enrollments (the latter of course only at those institutions with space to expand). Much of that appears to be happening as expected. Many publics reported significant application increases and are now expecting full dormitories in the fall, in part, they believe, from students whose more budget-conscious families wanted to look at institutions with lower sticker prices than those at the privates. Many publics are seeing surges in transfer applications, too, in some cases from those seeking to move from more expensive institutions...
...Harvard had big plans to expand its campus into Allston with a science complex. But last winter, the university announced that the recession would force it to slow — perhaps even halt — the $1 billion project. Now Allston residents are living with a gaping hole and a bunch of vacant buildings instead of the prospect of a revitalized neighborhood. They are not alone in feeling burned by a university. As endowments everywhere sink with the economy, town-gown relationships, often carefully nurtured during the boom years as colleges and universities sought to expand, are fraying...Some cities and towns — including Ann Arbor, Mich., Durham, N.C., and Princeton, N.J. — have renewed calls for local colleges and universities to make voluntary payments to the communities because they have tax-exempt status...
American adults with the least education have the worst health, a new study finds. Almost half of U.S. adults ages 25 to 74 reported being in less than very good health, and levels of health differ depending on level of education, according to a report released Wednesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America...
...Alumni service days are fast becoming a rite of spring for colleges and their graduates across the country. At least 10 schools have launched such days in the past two years and plan annual events...
Discouraged by layoffs in the private sector and inspired by President Obama's call to public service, students are flocking in record numbers to graduate programs in public affairs and public service, according to program directors who are reporting application increases as high as 52 percent for this fall...
...From economic recovery to scientific discovery, President Obama has put higher education front and center in many of his most important policy goals. And on Friday, he added unemployment as the latest problem he believed colleges (and particularly community colleges) were uniquely positioned to help solve, and announced a relaxation of federal rules to make it easier for unemployed Americans to get more education or training...