olleges got a preview on Wednesday of what might be coming in the U.S. Department of Education’s long-awaited regulations on campus sexual misconduct.
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is preparing new policies on campus sexual misconduct that would bolster the rights of students accused of assault, harassment or rape, reduce liability for institutions of higher education and encourage schools to provide more support for victims.
“Insects are novel to the American diet, but they should be considered a potentially helpful food that contains important nutrients and fibres that could have benefits to our overall health, including our gut microbiome,” said the study’s lead author, Valerie Stull. She is a researcher at the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
New businesses account for nearly all net new job creation. That simple fact, supported by research from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, cuts through all the political rhetoric about building a growing economy, the holy grail of every state or region. Unfortunately, the Milwaukee area has lagged in most measures of entrepreneurial activity in recent years, falling to 33 out of 40 in the most recent rankings from Kauffman, which conducts research and advocates for entrepreneurship.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department lent its support on Friday to students who are suing Harvard University over affirmative action policies that they claim discriminate against Asian-American applicants, in a case that could have far-reaching consequences for the use of affirmative action in college admissions.
University of North Carolina leaders resolved Tuesday to have in place by Nov. 15 a plan to protect a Confederate monument and public safety.
It’s college ranking list time again and everyone but those who make them will lament their effect on students and parents trying to make informed decisions about which colleges to apply to and attend. I’m one of those who don’t put much stock in rankings, no matter how “scientific” they are, since the imponderables of college are too great to measure meaningfully. And with students themselves being one of the top imponderables, no matter what the lists say, any indicators of “value” or “success” or “employability” will be strictly based on generalities, not realities. So, caveat emptor.
In a surprising reversal, a Wisconsin board has voted to again offer insurance coverage to transgender state employees seeking hormone therapy and gender confirmation surgery.
In another case, two transgender women employed by the University of Wisconsin and covered by the state insurance program have sued the Group Insurance Board and the university’s board of regents, among others, accusing them of discrimination based on their inability to get coverage for gender confirmation surgery. The case is scheduled to go to trial in October, before the same judge who ruled in favor of the patients on Medicaid.
MADISON – Dontye Carriere-Williams, Wisconsin’s most experienced cornerback entering preseason camp, announced Wednesday on Twitter he is transferring.
Fourth-year Wisconsin Badgers head coach Paul Chryst has plenty of things to keep him awake at night, from higher-than-usual fan expectations to recent sexual assault allegations directed against several players.
The rate of season ticket renewals for the University of Wisconsin football team this season ended up at what has become a predictable level, while demand for a new seating option for the Badgers wrestling team exceeded supply.
The Badger’s season opener football game is Friday night against Western Kentucky, but getting to Camp Randall could look different than usual due to road closures and parking changes.
New businesses account for nearly all net new job creation.
