...Last week, after initially determining that University of Wisconsin-Platteville engineering student Joshua Inglett was the best choice to fill a student seat on the UW System's Board of Regents, Walker renounced Inglett and withdrew the appointment...Walker understands a good deal about politics. But he does not understand how to draw the line between politics and governing...

I was appalled that our governor would reverse a student appointment to the UW Board of Regents because the nominee signed a recall petition...

Gov. Scott Walker rescinding a student's appointment to the UW Board of Regents -- apparently because the student signed a petition to recall the governor -- is like taking back an invitation to a second-grade birthday party because "You don't like me best!" This governor is childish and vindictive, not exactly presidential characteristics...

...It seems clear that one of two things happened regarding Walker's withdrawal of John Inglett's nomination to the UW Board of Regents: Either Walker's people recommended a candidate who was not qualified, or they removed Inglett because he signed the recall petition...

A review of the nation's teacher-training programs released Tuesday suggests that many University of Wisconsin System education schools are of middling quality...

...Others, like the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, participated only after the council filed open-records requests. In this case, the request was with the UW System and a settlement was reached. UW-P received two stars for its undergraduate elementary program and one star for its undergraduate secondary program. "This survey had serious fundamental flaws in its gathering techniques and its assessment methods," said Liz Throop, dean of UW-P's College of Liberal Arts and Education. "The UW System schools ... have a long-standing tradition of producing excellent regionally and nationally prepared teachers using innovative methods"...

Wisconsin higher education officials cried foul Tuesday morning, after the release of a report which showed that teacher training at many state schools is not up to snuff...UWM vice president Tom Luljak took serious exception to the survey. He said Milwaukee's teacher prep programs meet or exceed standards put out by the state Department of Public Instruction. He said Milwaukee's rating, "doesn't provide context of programs as they exist today"...

Two years ago, the state Legislature moved to sever the University of Wisconsin's ties to a provider of Internet service. Now some lawmakers are outraged that the UW System has picked this same provider to continue serving its campuses...

A body recovered from the Chippewa River in Eau Claire has been identified as a local university student. A person canoeing in the river found the body on Monday. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Dean of Students Brian Carlisle says he has been notified the body is that of David Rodgers, who fell into the river in April...

As China's appetite for milk and other dairy products has grown, so has the Chinese dairy industry's thirst for knowledge. UW-River Falls associate dairy science professor Sylvia Kehoe is helping to quench that thirst...

Teens at the Baraboo Public Library know how to have fun...A large group of youths gathered Tuesday for a lecture on how to survive a zombie apocalypse, taught by Frances Auld of the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County...

Taxpayers and employees of state and local governments next year are likely to see yet another increase in the contribution rates they pay to the Wisconsin Retirement System. The system board on Thursday is to consider 2014 rates totaling 14 percent of payroll for general employees and teachers, with half the bill paid by the workers and half by the state and local governments that employ them...

The author of a report showing the Wisconsin economy lagging behind in technology, education and innovation said Tuesday that the state is at an "economic crossroads"...Brandt also pointed to an "education gap" in Wisconsin's work force. The study found that 33.6 percent of Wisconsin adults age 25 and older have just a high school diploma, greater than the national average of 28.4 percent...

A new report commissioned by a bipartisan quartet of lawmakers seeks to bolster the sagging fortunes of the humanities and social sciences, arguing that those disciplines are central to the nation's civic, cultural, economic, and diplomatic future...

From states considering differential tuition that would be punitive tward the humanities to talk of tying state funding to the production of "high demand" degrees, there's a general sense that the humanities and social sciences are under attack. But a new report out today argues that they play a vital role in growing an informed, career-oriented population equipped for leadership in an increasingly interconnected world...

...NCTQ's methodology is a paper review of published course requirements and course syllabi against a check list that does not consider the actual quality of instruction that the programs offer, evidence of what their students learn, or whether graduates can actually teach. Concerns about the organization's methods led most schools of education nationally and in California to decline to participate in the data collection...

A boom in the craft beer industry combined with an increase in food science programs means that more students are graduating college with a different kind of alcohol education...

As a regular columnist for The Chronicle, I've been offering roughly the same advice about pursuing a Ph.D. in the humanities for at least 10 years now: A decision to go to graduate school should be weighed against the costs and the risks that are involved. Only you can make the decision...

One year after Jerry Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of child sexual abuse, the case of the former Pennsylvania State University football coach continues to reverberate through the legal and governance landscape of higher education...

A new national corps of "master teachers" trained in the humanities and social sciences and increased support for research in "endangered" liberal arts subjects are among the recommendations of a major report to be delivered on Capitol Hill on Wednesday...