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The University of Wisconsin System is as close as it's ever been to offering full benefits to domestic partners, which it considers a critical factor in the increasingly competitive faculty hiring process...
Nearly four years after a consultant's report cited poor communication, lack of leadership and low morale in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Education, the problems continue and now include a $1.1 million deficit because of declining enrollment. Although an outside consultant in 2005 recommended a series of changes to address morale issues, a review last year by UWM equity and diversity officials noted a continuing problem with inappropriate behavior and perceived mistreatment among staff. "The School of Education is really in a crisis mode right now," said Thandeka Chapman, an associate professor in the department of curriculum and instruction...
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville is gearing up for a record-breaking semster. According to Mick Viney, assistant chancellor of student affairs at UW-P, the university received a record number of 3,637 applications for the fall 2009 semester, an increase of 18 percent. ..
The Phuture Phoenix program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay soon will have a twin. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will received new funding to expand pre-college awareness programs on campus...
The University of Wisconsin athletic board approved changes to the department's bonus policy Friday, and football coaches took the biggest hit. Among the changes was a decrease in the maximum bonus percentage awarded to the football coaching staff when the team qualifies for one of the Big Ten's less prestigious bowl games...
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board approved multiple changes to its bonus policy for coaches Friday, including the creation of some gray area in an otherwise black-and-white formula...
While legislators debate the proposed Wisconsin state budget, some local leaders worry about what it could mean for western Wisconsin. The state is facing a historic deficit -- an estimated $6.6 billion over two years -- and that means funding cuts across an array of services, including local government and schools...As the debate continues in Madison, two of the region's largest state employers brace for the impact. University of Wisconsin-River Falls Chancellor Dean Van Galen is disappointed in the cuts, but not surprised; there has been a trend of decreasing state support for the school. The university will be forced to slow its growth, and employees will be asked to take eight days of unpaid furlough in each of the next two years to give up a 2 percent pay increase. The University of Wisconsin-Stout will be similarly affected by furloughs and the rescinding of a 2 percent pay increase. Its class sizes will be larger, and staff will have to take on larger workloads, according to Chancellor Charles Sorensen...
The University of Minnesota expects to shed 1,240 jobs next year -- about 5.5 percent of its total workforce...
Delivering the commencement address last month at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, President Obama told graduates they were a generation who must "find a path back to prosperity." Graduates heard a similar message at hundreds of colleges this spring, as commencement orators -- including actors, executives, poets and heads of state -- leavened their congratulatory messages with acknowledgment of the bleak marketplace outside campus...
The president of Texas A&M announced her resignation on Sunday, a day before regents were scheduled to discuss the university's leadership in what had every appearance of a decision on her future...This month, the university system released a scathing review of Dr. Murano's performance in her first full year on the job, giving her low marks for leadership and management, including the lowest scores possible for decisiveness and for being a team player...
...In California and elsewhere, people have put their imaginations to work trying to make the best of furloughs -- temporary, usually unpaid, leave -- ever appreciative that they are a far better alternative than layoffs. But for many, the plans to turn the unpaid days into modest holidays spent appreciating the simple things in life like afternoon movies, walks in the park, naps or trips to see Grandma have given way to a different reality. Some people take the time off but feel bad about doing so, out of loyalty to bosses and colleagues left to carry the workload. Others work quietly -- and sometimes openly -- through furloughs, because they fear for the long-term safety of their positions and hope their self-sacrifice impresses the management...
For many veterans, the ambitious new GI Bill is a great deal: The federal government will cover the cost of state universities and share the cost of more-expensive private colleges if the schools choose to fund scholarships to close that gap. That means many of the most selective schools, such as Harvard, are suddenly affordable. But in Washington, the sweeping program brings an unintended glitch -- and a higher cost...
...The result was the Red Watch Band movement, which aims to give students the skills to intervene when someone passes out from binge drinking. Students volunteer for the program, which involves 2˝ hours of CPR training and an hour of alcohol-related emergency training. After the training is complete, students receive a red watch that serves as a symbol of the band of students watching out for one another...
The American Association of University Professors is back on track after the financial and organizational derailments it endured over the past three years. That was the message the group's leadership reiterated throughout the business portion of the association's 95th annual meeting, which wrapped up here on Saturday... (paid subscription required)
California's community colleges could soften the projected blow to their budget by tripling tuition with no net impact on most students, says a new report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office. Released last Thursday, the report comes on the heels of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's May revision to the state budget, which proposes to slash nearly $700 million from the community colleges' 2009-10 budget...