UW System Clipsheet

"House passes student loan interest rate bill," Inside Higher Ed, May 24.

The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would create variable interest rates for student loans, but the measure is likely to stall since Senate Democrats strongly oppose it and President Obama has vowed a veto...

"Student loan bill passes House, setting up face-off," New York Times, May 23.

The House on Thursday passed legislation to head off a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1, instead tying rates to prevailing market trends and ending federal subsidies...

"House passes bill tying student-loan interest rates to the market," Chronicle of Higher Education, May 23.

Defying a threatened presidential veto, Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would tie student-loan interest rates to the free market...

"Though enrolling more poor students, 2-year colleges get less of federal pie," New York Times, May 22.

Community colleges have received a declining share of government spending on higher education over the last decade even as their student bodies have become poorer and more heavily African-American and Latino, according to a report to be released Thursday...

"Higher ed system increasingly separate and unequal, new report says," Capital Times, May 23.

The nation's community colleges are serving poorer and increasingly more African-American and Latino students, but getting a smaller piece of the federal aid pie, according to a new report by the Century Foundation...Community colleges may receive less money per student than even elementary or high schools, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, a UW-Madison professor and member of the committee that wrote the report...

"More young adults hold degrees, a boost in the job market, U.S. says," Chronicle of Higher Education, May 24.

The educational attainment of young Americans has increased over the past two decades, and those who have completed more education earn more money, on average, and are more likely to be employed. That's just one corner of the picture painted by "The Condition of Education 2013," the annual treasure-trove of data from the U.S. Department of Education, released on Thursday...

"Madison school inspires University of Wis. to create wheelchair lift that promises more access," Associated Press, May 24.

An elementary school principal has inspired the University of Wisconsin-Madison to create a new wheelchair lift that could help make more places wheelchair accessible...

"UW-L hosts NCAA Div. III track and field championships," WKBT-TV, May 23.

Thousands of fans and athletes are at UW-La Crosse this weekend for the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships. The university bid for the opportunity to host the meet about three years ago and after months and months of work, it's finally a reality...

"UW-Madison seeks limits on open records to protect research," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 23.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking to limit the state's open records law -- potentially through language slipped into the state budget -- to keep from the public information about research until it is published or patented...

"U. of Wisconsin seeks to shield research by limiting open-records law," Chronicle of Higher Education, May 23.

The University of Wisconsin at Madison is seeking to keep information about research from the public until it is published or patented, arguing that a research exemption to the state's open-records law would allow the university to remain on equal footing with its competitors, according to the Journal-Sentinel, a Milwaukee newspaper...

"Northwestern Mutual awards $336,000 to 10 Wisconsin colleges," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 23.

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Tuesday it has awarded a total of $336,000 to 10 Wisconsin colleges to increase access to higher education for students who need financial aid...Higher education institutions receiving a grant include: Alverno College, Cardinal Stritch University, Carroll University, Marquette University, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee School of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Parkside and UW-Whitewater.

"The Store opens in Menomonie: Sale of used goods benefits Refuge Farms," Dunn County News, May 23.

...Raising funds for Refuge Farms is ongoing, and Gilbert said Jeanette Kersten, assistant professor in operations and management at UW-Stout, helped guide The Farm in the direction of The Store. Kersten volunteered one of her business master's degree programs to Refuge Farms for the purpose of investigating new and compelling fundraisers...

"Wis. committee votes to slash UW System funding," Associated Press, May 23.

A key legislative committee voted Thursday to slash the University of Wisconsin System's budget, venting its anger a few weeks after learning the system raised tuition for six straight years even though it's currently sitting on a surplus of $650 million...

"In bipartisan vote, lawmakers recommend UW System tuition freeze," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 23.

The Legislature's budget committee in a bipartisan vote Thursday froze tuition and tax dollars for the University of Wisconsin System over the next two years and delayed new flexibilities promised in the last state budget, leaving public universities to fund several new initiatives from recently discovered cash reserves that triggered a firestorm at the Capitol...

"Budget committee adopts UW tuition freeze, spending cut," Wisconsin State Journal, May 24.

The Legislature's budget committee approved a two-year tuition freeze for the University of Wisconsin System and cut state funding by $152 million from what Gov. Scott Walker had proposed...

"Lawmakers criticize UW leadership, approve tuition freeze," WSAU, May 24.

There were plenty of recriminations Thursday night, as the legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted on a budget amendment for the University of Wisconsin System. The budget panel's vote came nearly a month to the day since UW System President Kevin Reilly was called before the same committee, to explain a $648 million dollar surplus, accumulated mostly through tuition increases...

"JFC approves tuition freeze, funding cut for UW System," Badger Herald, May 23.

The University of Wisconsin System moved one step closer to a tuition freeze for the next two years, in what could be the first in the system's history, after the Legislature's budget writing committee approved portions of Gov. Scott Walker's budget Thursday...

"Darling: Why is UW System's Reilly still here?," Wisconsin Reporter, May 23.

When the co-chair of the Legislature's powerful Committee on Joint Finance says it might be best if you stepped down, you know you and your agency are in for a long, hard day...

"Shilling, Joint Finance Committee vote to reduce UW funding, increase oversight," La Crosse Tribune, May 24.

La Crosse's Democratic state senator threw her support behind a tuition freeze and cuts for University of Wisconsin campuses Thursday. Sen. Jennifer Shilling voted with the majority on the state's Joint Finance Committee to freeze UW System tuition at 2012-13 rates for two years, cut an additional $2.5 million and increase government oversight...

"Joint Finance Committee approves UW tuition freeze, decreases in general funding," Daily Cardinal, May 23.

The Joint Finance Committee approved a two-year tuition freeze and several other funding decreases to the University of Wisconsin System Thursday as part of a change to Gov. Scott Walker's biennial budget...

"Spending cut and tuition freeze for UW," Wisconsin Radio Network, May 24.

There were plenty of recriminations Thursday night, as the legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted on a budget amendment for the University of Wisconsin System... (audio clip)