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UW Hospital has told 53 patients they face an "extremely low" risk of contracting a rare but deadly brain disorder because they may have been operated on with contaminated surgical instruments. The instruments had been used on a woman who died Tuesday of the brain disorder, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. She had surgery at the hospital in June...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching a national search for a new admissions director as part of an administrative reorganization. Admissions and Visitor and Information Programs director Steve Admunson will lose oversight of admissions but remain in charge of other programs, such as campus tours and the Parent Program...
A top official at the UW-Parksie says there's "blame to go around" for the school's troubled teacher education program. But interim provost Gerald Greenfield says fixes are being made on schedule, so they expect to keep their accreditation. A state Department of Public Instruction liaison has been to the campus several times, to meet with a special task force. Its members are to fully resolve complaints about the teacher preparation program by August 11th...
...Doyle gave the keynote address Thursday at the second annual Wisconsin Science and Technology Symposium at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. About 175 science and technology researchers, entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors and others turned out to hear about the latest scientific discoveries in such areas as engineering, nanotechnology, tissue engineering, bioenergy and clinical services. Academic research and development in the state creates more than 38,000 jobs and generates more than $1.1 billion annually, said UW System President Kevin Reilly. It’s the "new Wisconsin industry that generates high-paying, environmentally friendly, sustainable jobs"...
...Tourism long has been a pillar of the economy in the Lake Superior region, along with three other traditional "Ts" — timber, transportation and taconite, an iron-bearing rock that is still shipped from the ports in Duluth and Superior. Of late, however, a fifth "T" has crept into the local development vocabulary -- technology. Persistent efforts by private industry in the region, backed by economic development professionals, higher education and several statewide groups, have accelerated the diversification of the Northwoods economy...(Author: Tom Still, President of Wisconsin Technology Council)...
The new, more generous federal GI Bill set to take effect Aug. 1 was supposed to draw Illinois veterans away from a poorly funded state program in droves, shifting the burden of funding their college education mostly to the federal government. But in Illinois, a combination of the old GI bill and an existing state grant program has turned out to be a better deal for many veterans, putting the state in a bind as it tries to find ways to cut a budget that's already billions of dollars in the hole...Illinois might look to its neighbor for a solution for next year. Wisconsin also offers veterans a generous state benefit. But this year, it limited eligibility for its Wisconsin GI Bill, requiring veterans to exhaust their federal benefits before they can tap state funds...
Math majors don't always get much respect on college campuses, but fat post-grad wallets should be enough to give them a boost. The top 15 highest-earning college degrees all have one thing in common -- math skills. That's according to a recent survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, which tracks college graduates' job offers...
As thousands of low-income, first-generation freshmen flock to campus in the next two months, many, despite their intelligence and optimism, will arrive only to be gone in an academic eye blink. Just 11 percent of them earn a bachelor's degree after six years, according to the Pell Institute, compared with 55 percent of their peers. That fact was frustrating administrators at the University of Cincinnati, where more than 40 percent of its 5,000 freshmen this fall will be the first in their families to go to college. In its mission to get low-income, first-generation students through its doors, the university was succeeding. But once in, many were failing...To teach them how to ask the essential questions, the university opened a novel theme house last September...The Gen-1 Theme House began its first year with 15 students, mostly minorities and all eligible for low-income Pell grants...
...The students attend Mission Early College High School, in El Paso, which challenges minority and low-income youths to earn one to two years of college credits while in high-school. The program is part of a nationwide effort to bridge the gap between secondary and postsecondary institutions, encouraging more students to go on to college and tackling the alarmingly high need for remedial education. The Early College High School Initiative was started by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is coordinated by Jobs for the Future, and is sponsored by 19 other foundations as well. The project opened its first three schools in 2002, hoping to expand to 170 by 2008. But it has grown faster than expected...
... Among the many holes that threaten to sink them, one of the largest is the problem of making and selling electronic books. Many individual publishers have been daunted by the costs and technological requirements involved. But if presses can tackle the challenge together, they stand a much better chance of pulling through to solid ground. That's the very sensible logic behind a new bid to help university presses make the digital leap as a group. Four midsize publishers -- New York University Press, the University of Pennsylvania Press, Rutgers University Press, and Temple University Press -- have been given money by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to explore the idea of a collaborative university-press e-book program...
The University of Illinois has commissioned a poll to test responses to its admissions scandal, with options including a public apology and the resignation of some school trustees. The board took no such dramatic steps Thursday, but did issue a statement at its regular meeting pledging to end admissions abuses...
Once upon a time, eating in a college dorm meant soup in a hotpot or getting pizza delivered. The most interesting thing about the campus dining hall was often the salad bar. No more. These days, college students have gourmet palates and a growing interest in preparing their own food...In response, cafeteria menus have changed, with Sodexo's top campus foods for 2009 including Vietnamese pho (noodle soup), mini-samosas, goat cheese salad and chicken mole. But colleges are also catering to student demands for more flexible and individualized dining options...