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University of Wisconsin System officials are commending state lawmakers for investing in new campus building projects despite the recession. The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee has approved 36 major UW System building projects in the budget, including new residence halls, state-of-the-art research laboratories and academic buildings...
Marge Weidner was out of town when a new memorial to her late husband was put up at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay last month...The carillon officially was dedicated Saturday, two years to the day after (founding UWGB Chancellor Edward) Weidner died. Those who knew him say it's a fitting tribute to his love of education and music...
...Poppy, a New London native, is talking about the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse's decision to eliminate two sports - baseball and men's tennis - as it tries to cut $400,000 from its budget. Players were told by e-mail last Friday and the cuts are expected to be made official when Chancellor Joe Gow notifies the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference of the decision at a meeting on Wednesday...
Rep. Kelda Roys (D-Madison) has proposed an amendment to the state budget that would only furlough state employees if doing so would result in a net savings to the state. University of Wisconsin System officials have questioned furloughs for researchers and other staffers whose salaries come from federal sources -- cases where unpaid time off for these workers might not actually save the state money. Roys' amendment would require the state to determine on a case-by-case basis whether a furlough for a particular state employee would result in a net savings or net cost. If the furlough would actually cost the state money, that position would not be furloughed...
State workers who get paid by federal or private funds could be exempt from having to take furloughs, under legislation proposed by Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison...Under Roys' proposal, agencies would need to determine whether the fiscal effect of each furlough would be a net savings or a net cost to the state. If a net cost is shown, the position would not be furloughed...
As I stand here before this distinguished group of 2009 college graduates, allow me to offer my sincere congratulations on the completion of the latest phase of your education. Also, my condolences. As many of you may have surmised from recent news events, you have picked one of the worst times in history to enter the American workforce...
The United States is in the midst of its deepest economic downturn since World War II, but unlike the recession of the early 1980s, there is a clear avenue to recovery: technology. That is the outlook of Michael Knetter, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, who will be among the featured speakers during a regional business summit Thursday in Wausau..."The U.S. is in a better position today than 25 years ago because we have seen a lot of innovation and a lot of growth in information-economy businesses," Knetter said...
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents will consider a draft operating budget later this week that includes a three percent tuition increase...The university said the operating budget takes into account the 7.4 percent biennial reduction in state funding plus the potential for the loss of more state funds. The budget uses federal stimulus money to cap the in-state undergraduate tuition increase at $300, or just over 3 percent. The university claims that with federal stimulus money and a new middle-income scholarship, 60 percent of Minnesota students could see their tuition fall with the draft budget...
In 2005, with college looming for their four teenagers, Maya and Tom Frost sold their Oregon home and moved the family to Mexico. They weren't wealthy (the couple earned "five figures - together") but were able to save $3,000 a month to put toward college costs. And they did much more than that. They broke the traditional mold of how to educate a child, helping each daughter get a global education while accruing no debt. In her book, "The New Global Student" ($14.95, Three Rivers Press), Maya Frost describes a flexible education model that employs such options as international exchange programs, online study and dual enrollments that allowed students to take high school and college courses at the same time. USA TODAY spoke with Frost...
The National Institutes of Health has received about 21,000 applications for its main category of grants through the federal economic-stimulus measure, both thrilling and overwhelming agency reviewers responsible for evaluating the proposals and distributing the money...
...With sticker prices well into the tens of thousands per year at any private liberal-arts institution, the prospect of shaving a year off the typical four-year journey is an added attraction at a number of colleges, like Franklin & Marshall, Hartwick, and Manchester Colleges, and Southern New Hampshire. If you're willing to work hard for three years, you'll be out a year ahead in the work force with 25 percent less debt -- or so the reasoning goes. But at most institutions, the three-year degree and its benefits are available to only a sliver of the total student population -- in most cases only the very best and most driven students...
Is there a secret to becoming a college president? Not really, according to a group of experienced presidential search consultants who spoke at The Chronicle Leadership Forum here on Monday. While presidential searches are increasingly happening behind closed doors, there is no privately held formula for how someone gets the top job.....
...In recent weeks, controversies of varied size have embroiled college chiefs at the University of Illinois, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and North Carolina State University, where Chancellor James L. Oblinger resigned Monday. While the details are different, the stories of growing turmoil at these three institutions are veritable case studies in college crisis -- highlighting the pitfalls of political deals and the perils of poor communication...
The University of Illinois' top administrator voiced his support Monday for an independent investigation into admissions practices at the Urbana-Champaign campus...
...Not surprisingly, the economy is having a real impact on student choices and behavior, according to a study released today by the National Association for College Admission Counseling...