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During a night of partying, college students can get rowdy. We've all seen it. Many of us have lived it. They can be loud, obnoxious and, to delicately put it, forget their boundaries. Irritating? No doubt. But should a university punish students for unruly behavior outside of campus? If the behavior is serious and repeated, it should...
The USDA has cited the UW-Madison for violating federal animal welfare regulations. The action stems from a 2007 incident at the Research Animal Resources Center, where a research monkey escaped its cage and attacked two others in their own cages...
Madison has been named one of the top 10 Best Cities of 2009 by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. The financial publication and website put Madison at No. 7 in a list gauging a city's job growth potential, the quality of the positions and the ability to hang onto those jobs when the economy softens. Kiplinger's said "with a jobless rate three percentage points below the national average, Madison's ready-made economy feeds off of its two largest assets, the University of Wisconsin and the state capital. But these two institutions only account for 20 percent of Madison's jobs, the rest come from its strong mix of tech and biotech firms"...
...A decade after falling one faculty vote short of tenure at the UW-Madison Business School -- a development that sparked a legal battle and a two-year hiatus to Bridgeport, Conn. -- (Denis) Collins has settled into a position at Edgewood College. He just published "Essentials of Business Ethics: Creating an Organization of High Integrity and Superior Performance," which follows his 2006 book "Behaving Badly: Ethical Lessons from Enron"...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is asking lawmakers to take away 2 percent raises that judges and justices were scheduled to receive next month. Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson says the decision means the judicial branch is joining other parts of government to solve the state's projected $6.6 billion budget shortfall...
...From Kentucky to Iowa to California, loan forgiveness programs are on the chopping block. Typically founded by their states to help students pay for college, the state agencies and nonprofit organizations that make student loans and sponsor these programs are getting less money from the federal government and are having difficulty raising money elsewhere as a result of the financial crisis...Curbing the programs will make it harder to lure college graduates into high-value but often low-paying fields like teaching and nursing...
States fund public colleges primarily based on how many students are enrolled. But a number of legislatures are considering policies that would link funding to whether students graduate...he renewed interest reflects a growing concern that the USA has fallen behind other countries in college completion rates at a time when higher education is more important than ever...
The Community College Survey of Student Engagement, aimed at helping schools boost student success, was created on the premise that all students should be held to high standards but learn best when colleges create the right environment. To that end, 715 colleges in 49 states have used the survey since 2001 to help assess and improve their effectiveness...
...According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 39 million Americans over the age of 18 have a bachelor's degree. Considering that 281 million people live in the country, college graduates are still a small percentage of the population. Still, with a number in the millions, you are competing with a lot of job seekers who also have the same educational background as you. Relying only on your bachelor's to land a job is not the safest route to employment. As with most things, it's all in the presentation...
...The recession hit Florida early, and in a big way...The result for the state's 11 public universities has been cutbacks in state money, which have led to gutted programs, faculty departures, low salaries for professors, and the nation's highest student-to-faculty ratio...Florida's tuition rates, which are among the nation's cheapest, and generous, merit-based Bright Futures Scholarships have made public higher education an irresistible option for its high-school graduates. Over the past decade, enrollment in the system grew by 38 percent, now topping 300,000. The crucial question is how much longer Florida's universities will have to run on fumes... (paid subscription required)
The state's top public universities face one of the nation's worst budget challenges but have largely managed to cope with the money shortages, for now...