UW System Clipsheet
October 22, 2009
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UW System
"Campus Connection: UW System president's 'Four pillars of promise'," Capital Times, Oct. 20.
...University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly wrote an opinion piece for Inside HigherEd.com titled "So What do they want from us, anyway?"...Writes Reilly: "Taken together, the four pillars of better preparation, more graduates, more research and better dissemination and commercialization constitute my 'More Better' prescription for American higher education to address our society's most pressing challenges"...
On Campus
"UW's David Wilson takes it to streets," Capital Times, Oct. 22.
In conversation, David Wilson uses many of the same buzzwords college administrators across the country are turning to these days. He speaks about the need to make college "accessible" and "affordable," especially for groups who traditionally haven't pursued a secondary education, and says the University of Wisconsin System's two-year UW Colleges can serve as a "gateway" for students of all backgrounds and ages to pursue a baccalaureate degree. And he talks about the importance of "lifelong learning" and the role UW-Extension plays in helping people from all corners of Wisconsin access university resources...
"UW-Baraboo/SC gets financial boost," Baraboo News Republic, Oct. 21.
UW-Baraboo/Sauk County is getting a $500,000 boost in federal funds for the $15 million sustainable residence hall and community facility it hopes to build in coming years. U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin has requested the funds be appropriated for Baraboo’s "Living and Learning Center" from a Department of Energy appropriations bill that has now cleared both houses of Congress and awaits only the signature of President Barack Obama...
"University of Wisconsin-Extension launches Web site to help farmers through tough economy," Wausau Daily Herald, Oct. 21.
...The University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension has launched “Farming Through Difficult Times,” a site providing timely financial information to farmers and others in the agricultural industry...
"Stem cell pioneer predicts reprogramming will change drug development," Blog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 21.
Stem cell pioneer James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison told members of the Milwaukee Academy of Medicine that techniques that allow scientists to change human skin cells into something almost identical to embryonic stem cells will�change the way new drugs are developed in the next 10 or 20 years...
"Campus Connection: How many non-resident students is too many?," Capital Times, Oct. 22.
Some on the Left Coast are miffed at the University of California-Berkeley's plan to start admitting additional out-of-state residents and international students -- who pay higher tuition than the in-state students -- to make up for state budget cuts...Are you, too, outraged? Or is this something that simply makes good business sense? Closer to home, nearly a quarter of all undergraduates on the UW-Madison campus already are paying out-of-state tuition...
"On Campus: With sheep milk in demand, UW-Madison student to help expand the industry," Wisconsin State Journal, Oct. 21.
A UW-Madison doctoral student will hold a first of its kind position in Wisconsin: dairy sheep specialist...Claire Mikolayunas will join the Dairy Business Innovation Center, a partner with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture...
"Biz Beat: Wisconsinmade.com earns raves in national magazine," Capital Newspapers, Oct. 21.
Who says Wisconsin suffers from a shortage of go-getters with good ideas? Not U.S. News and World report, which features Linda Remeschatis, in its October issue. Remeschatis is owner of wisconsinmade.com...The University of Wisconsin is also recognized by U.S. News and World Report as an excellent resource for people starting businesses...
"Biddy Martin goes to Canada," Badger Herald, Oct. 22.
While attending the annual Association of American Universities in Montreal this week, Chancellor Biddy Martin forged connections with attendees for future collaboration and learned of Canadian innovations in garnering federal support for research...This year, the conference focused on the similarities and differences between major Canadian and American research universities...
"Chancellor shares plans to replace UW-M/WC dean, add baccalaureate degree," Marshfield News-Herald, Oct. 22.
University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County students got an opportunity to sit down Wednesday with UW Colleges and Extension Chancellor David Wilson to talk about new programs and Dean Andy Keogh's retirement...
"University to create master plan," The Spectator, Oct. 22.
Schofield Hall, the historic Council Oak tree and various "green spaces" are all things that people at UW-Eau Claire said are worth preserving in the future...The meeting...was part of a process to draw up a campus master plan...
"Roundtable addresses key student concerns," The Spectator, Oct. 22.
Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich and UW-Eau Claire administrators fielded students' questions about the proposed Blugold Commitment and the historic Council Oak tree at the first Chancellor's Roundtable of the academic year Wednesday...
"UW-O gets $300,000 for online textbook program," Advance-Titan, Oct. 22.
Oshkosh recently received a $300,000 federal grant to help fund the proposed e-textbook program that will significantly lower the costs of academic materials. The grant was created in response to the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) that announced this summer that it would be awarding 30 to 40 universities with the necessary funds to implement an alternative to buying textbooks...
National
"Colleges helps veterans advance from combat to classroom," Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 18.
...On campuses nationwide, offices like the one at Western Michigan are helping hundreds of thousands of veterans acclimate to college life this fall...While many of those students are more mature and motivated than the average freshman, they bring special needs that colleges are struggling to meet in a season of cutbacks...
"Online college access comes at a high price for students, survey says," Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 22.
Online programs are expanding access to education, but a survey reveals new details about the cost of that access, suggesting that students enrolled in online programs may pay higher fees than their on-campus counterparts...
"Online education's great unknowns," Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 22.
Distance learning has broken into the mainstream of higher education. But at the campus level, many colleges still know precious little about how best to organize online programs, whether those programs are profitable, and how they compare to face-to-face instruction in terms of quality...