1. UW Board of Regents to consider instructions for optional retirement system

    MADISON –– The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will consider legislative drafting instructions creating an Optional Retirement System (ORS) to be sent to the legislature at its May […]

  2. UW-Milwaukee to ask for Board of Regents’ approval of charter school contract

    MADISON – The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will present a model contract for its proposed new charter schools to the Board of Regents for its approval at the May 6-7 meeting […]

  3. University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents announces Academic Staff Excellence Awards

    MADISON — Academic staff members from UW-Madison and UW-La Crosse have each been named recipients of the 1999 Regents Administrative and Professional Academic Staff Excellence Award for Outstanding Service. The […]

  4. University of Wisconsin System to launch online “Directory of Expertise”

    MADISON –– The first official request for information from the University of Wisconsin System Directory of Expertise, an online database of more than 3,000 UW System faculty and staff experts, […]

  5. UW System Board of Regents to hear presentation on accreditation of distance education programs

    MADISON — The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will hear a special luncheon presentation on “Accreditation for Distance Education Programs” on Thursday, April 8 prior to its regular […]

  6. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents to hear final report of Design for Diversity

    MADISON –– Participation in precollege programs increases the probability of students of color graduating from high school and encourages them to continue their education at an institution of higher learning, […]

  7. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents to consider public broadcasting principles

    MADISON – The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, at its April 8-9 meeting, will consider principles which will frame the UW System’s position on future discussions of a possible […]

  8. UW System projected to lose 40% of faculty over next decade due to retirement

    MADISON – Nearly 40 percent of current University of Wisconsin System faculty are likely to retire over the next decade, according to a report to be released next week by […]