As Congress continues to deliberate on a bill that would eliminate banks as middlemen for students receiving federal financial aid, the Department of Education has raised concerns about the ability of institutions to meet the demands of the July 1 deadline...According to UW System spokesperson David Giroux, only two UW campuses have switched to federal direct loans — UW-Superior and UW-Eau Claire...

University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly urged a committee Wednesday to pick the next University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point chancellor from a diverse pool of candidates from the international stage...

What type of institution is the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County?...Wisconsin is unique in that it has 13 public liberal arts two-year campuses like UW-BSC that are part of the state's university system. These campuses only offer UW courses that are fully transferable within the UW System. Their tenure-track faculty are specialists in teaching the first two years of a UW four-year degree and hold a doctorate or other similar degree in their field... (Author: UW-Baraboo/Sauk County Dean Thomas Pleger)...

When Gov. Jim Doyle signed the 2009-'11 state budget, he also approved a provision, under certain conditions, allowing students who are undocumented immigrants, or the children of undocumented immigrants, to receive in-state tuition rates at UW System schools...We believe more must be done to reach out to Wisconsin's undocumented immigrant community to make sure this provision benefits those who need it...

Although it has been "in business" since the start of the fall semester, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's new Timothy J. Hyland Hall officially opened Friday as part of Homecoming Week festivities. And coming home for the celebration was Timothy J. Hyland himself...

A 19-member panel that will help pick a new chancellor at UW-Stevens Point met for the first time Wednesday...

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison expecting to get vaccinated against the H1N1 virus on Tuesday will have to wait a while longer...

Some UW-Madison faculty members are opposing a plan that would shake up the university's internal structure by creating a new office to oversee research...

Carl Hutter returned to Wisconsin from Ecuador with a few hundred pictures and a rash on his arm. At 24, the University of Wisconsin senior has not had health insurance for years, but his rash was bad enough to prompt a visit to the dermatologist. Five months later, after a biopsy and a prescription for medicine he said “doesn’t do anything,” Hutter still has the rash — and an outstanding bill...

A health official at the (UW-Eau Claire) Student Health Services office said she expects the university will soon be able to offer H1N1 flu vaccinations to students who want them...

Opinions state more information needs to be delivered, many unaware of plan...

Prospective students who want to learn more about beginning their college education close to home can check out the University of Wisconsin Marathon County during New Student Preview Day on Thursday...UWMC has the lowest tuition in the UW System. For the last three years tuition has remained at $2,255.47 per semester...

Hackers compromised 40 computers in the University of Wisconsin chemistry department, and that's not the worst part. The computers had personal information—like Social Security numbers—of 2,920 people affiliated with the school, the Badger Herald reports...

A proposal from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay was one of 18 selected to receive up to $70,000 from NASA, the agency announced...

According to a press release from Barb Daus, special assistant to the chancellor, H1N1 vaccinations are expected to arrive at UW-Platteville in early November, and a clinic for vaccinations is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 11...

At the Tuesday, Oct. 23 Student Senate meeting, President Eli Caywood asked Interim Provost Duane Ford to comment on the recent noncompetitive ranking that UW-Platteville received  in the Barron’s Profile of American Colleges publication...

Madison, WI – Alfonso Morales didn’t sit in a library to do research for his graduate degrees. Instead, he worked as a vendor in Chicago’s famed Maxwell Street Market, where he saw firsthand that public markets serve as fertile ground for entrepreneurs and new businesses, gathering places for communities, and an entry point into the economy and society for new arrivals to the United States...

UW-Oshkosh’s new Fire and Emergency Response Management (FERM) degree program is getting quite a bit of attention lately, thanks to Melissa Spielman and Candice Tylke...

Timothy Hyland entered the completed Timothy J. Hyland Hall for the first time Friday. "It's phenomenal," he said...

University Health Services has postponed a Nov. 3 H1N1 vaccination clinic due to vaccine shortages throughout the entire state of Wisconsin. Stephanie Marquis, spokesperson for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, said the state has received only 300,000 doses of the 407,000 promised by the Center for Disease Control. As a result DHS has narrowed priority groups even further from those recommended by the CDC...

Officials sign a trade agreement making a Chinese company the exclusive distributor of Wisconsin ginseng in China. Governor Jim Doyle says customers regard Wisconsin ginseng as the world’s highest quality...

Proposed education reforms are on the fast track at the Capitol...Lehman says the key piece of legislation in the package would allow standardized test scores to be used to evaluate teacher performance. He says that bill is a crucial part of Wisconsin’s application for Race to the Top and is an absolute requirement for the state to access the money...

College campuses experienced a surge in flu cases last week just as vaccine shortages and delays were forcing many to postpone scheduled shot clinics, the American College Health Association reported on Wednesday...