The stories Monday on how the rise of college ”sticker prices” has been more than offset in recent years by a compensatory increase in grants and tax breaks were a welcome take on the college-cost issue.
The University of Wisconsin Arboretum has a new interim director.
State Business Leaders Want Another Trip
Wisconsin needs to send another trade delegation to China and shouldn’t wait too long to do so, business people who took part in the March trade mission agreed Monday.
Quoted: Dr. Michael Fiore, professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
Quoted: Dr. Nadine Connor, Research director, for the ear, nose and throat division of the University of Wisconsin’s Hospitals and Clinics. (Audio.)
Arnold Alanen, a UW-Madison landscape architecture professor who studies the cultural landscape of the Midwest.
When Stephanie Cota received her master’s degree in business administration from UW-Madison this May, she almost immediately took a high-paying job and bought a four-bedroom house
Quoted: Dr. Bret Larget, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Quoted: The Deer-Vehicle Crash Information Clearinghouse at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
These days, students want their MTV on their PC’s. Many students living in dormitories at Northwestern University, for instance, do not have a television set, opting instead to use their desktop or laptop computers to see their favorite shows. (Subscription required.)
Saying the United States needs “a GI Bill for the new century and the next economy,” Sen. John F. Kerry unveiled several major higher-education proposals on Tuesday, including plans to provide federal aid to states that commit to keeping tuition at their public colleges in line with inflation and to institutions that increase the number of Pell Grant recipients they enroll and eventually graduate. (Subscription required.)
Molly Jean Mcgrath Is The New Miss Wisconsin
Molly Jean McGrath is now the second consecutive Miss Madison to win the Miss Wisconsin pageant.
What students pay on average for tuition at public universities has fallen by nearly one-third since 1998, thanks to new federal tax breaks and a massive increase in state and federal grants to most students and their families.
They each believe that their respective National Football League careers are on the cusp of favorable or advantageous circumstances, or a combination of circumstances
Recently, the World War II Memorial was dedicated, and the 60th anniversary of D-Day was commemorated.
Quoted: Phil Pellitteri, a University of Wisconsin entomologist
Quoted: Bruce Barrett, a researcher with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Family Medicine. (Reg. required.)
The Former UW Golfer’s Confidence Is Sky High After His Solid Showing At The U.S. Open.
Former University of Wisconsin golfer David Roesch returned home from the U.S. Open last week to 100 phone messages on his answering machine.
If only a 20-yard pitch appeared on Charlie Delsman’s class syllabus.
Quoted: Gordon Baldwin, a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
At Greenwich Country Day, a prestigious Connecticut private school, computers have all but replaced pencil and paper. Typing instruction starts in second grade, and laptops are mandatory by seventh. Essays are typed, and often class notes are, too.
Quoted: Joel Rivlin, deputy director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin
WAUSAU, WIS. – A former University of Wisconsin-Superior professor argued Monday that his due process rights were violated before he was fired amid allegations of sexual harassment and other ethics violations.
MADISON ââ?¬â? Wisconsin ranked in the bottom half of the nation in the number of residents with four-year college degrees, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey released today.
In a speech today in Chicago, Sen. John F. Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, is expected to unveil several major higher-education proposals, including plans to provide federal aid to states that commit to keeping tuition at their public colleges in line with inflation and to institutions that increase the number of Pell Grant recipients they graduate.
Quoted: Dr. Eric Heiligenstein, a psychiatrist at the University of Wisconsin who studies substance abuse by teenagers.
Over the last five years, Lee Evans passed Tim Krumrie in the hallway nearly every day. It was a good way to get to know a person. Or about one.
The quirky nature of the NHL entry draft for those tied to the University of Wisconsin was summed up best by the fates of Robbie Earl and Kyle Klubertanz.
Necedah, Wis. — THICK PATCHES of mosquitoes and bursts of heavy rainfall do little to damp the enthusiasm of cranberry grower William Hatch. On a small, sandy plot at a far edge of his 450-acre marsh lies a thin layer of scrubby vegetation that stands to bring star status to one of the most unsung fruits.
Bill Woehrle, 61, Embraces The Competition And The Challenges The Badger State Games Present.
Bill Woehrle is the best kind of teacher because he practices what he teaches.
Woehrle, 61, a professor in the University of Wisconsin’s kinesiology department, always advises his students to stay active and pursue healthy lifestyles.
Dan Cascone Of Connecticut Accepts A Scholarship After A Strong Showing At Uw’s Camp.
Offensive lineman Andy Kemp of Menasha was not only the first football player to commit to the University of Wisconsin for 2005, he’s being used as a measuring stick for other recruits.
A study-abroad program is giving two UW-Madison graduate students the chance to experience how laboratory research procedures differ outside the United States.
Quoted: Kimber Malmgren, a professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Richard Roberts, MD, professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin
Quoted: Victoria Harris, a water quality specialist with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.
RALEIGH, N.C.ââ?¬â?Robert Earl struggled to compose himself yesterday, but suffice it to say he’s pretty well equipped to deal with disappointme
Accounting students know the ramifications of taking on debt. But they also know that without debt, an eventual gain in overall earnings might be impossible.
High-school seniors waiting for acceptance letters from colleges may think that admissions officials have all the power in the world. Yet those gatekeepers have never felt less in control of the final outcome of the admissions process than they do now. (Subscription required.)
The Higher Education Act will not be renewed this year, a top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives education committee acknowledged last week. (Subscription required.)
A wave of students moving through the nation’s high schools promises to place unprecedented stress on America’s colleges and universities. We have seen other periods of rapid growth since World War II –Ã? with the GI Bill and the baby boom –Ã? but this is not just another surge, it’s a tsunami. (Subscription required.)
George Mason University here used to be a “safety school” for Northern Virginia’s high-school students, an institution they felt they could count on to offer them a spot if they failed to make the cut for admission to the University of Virginia or other prestigious state colleges. (Subscription required.)
The U.S. Senate approved two bills on Friday, quickly and quietly, that would ratchet up the prosecution and punishment of people who violate copyright law by swapping songs or movies online, or who surreptitiously make video recordings of films in theaters. (Subscription required.)
Opponents of the so-called Taxpayer Bill of Rights, an idea proposed by some Republican legislators as a way to limit government spending, won a reprieve when Senate Majority Leader Mary Panzer (R-West Bend) announced that the Senate would not take up the issue this summer
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Don Kettl
Quoted: David Redell, a wildlife researcher for the University of Wisconsin.
An inmate represented by the Wisconsin Innocence Project who has served nearly half of his life in prison for the 1973 shooting of a Michigan police officer was ordered released Friday.
Quoted: Keith Findley, co-director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project.
Two major problems that plague clinical gene therapy work may have finally been solved by a new gene delivery approach that effectively and safely sends genetic material to target cells while eliminating potentially fatal immune responses to viruses typically used to carry DNA into cells.
Quoted: Dean Sommer, a cheese and food technologist with the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A new research center focusing on breast cancer will be built at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a $7 million National Institutes of Health grant announced last week.
Quoted: University Wisconsin-Madison law student Ben Manski.
King Alexander, president of Murray State University in Kentucky, wants the world to know how many universities set tuition prices. It works like this: (Sidebar.)
The average cost of going to college has fallen dramatically since 1998 because of tax breaks and increases in financial aid. (Sidebar.)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jared Jones’ father wanted him to attend New York University.
”Trouble was, he didn’t have a good plan to come up with the $45,000 to pay for it,” says Jones, 19, of Volga, W.Va.
COLUMBIA, Missouri (CNN) — The Iraq war, jobs and the economy have overshadowed the contentious issue of the Patriot Act during this year’s presidential election, but it has not been completely overlooked by activists on the University of Missouri campus.
A stronger focus on embryonic stem cell research has followed the death of former President Ronald Reagan from Alzheimer�s Disease. (Fourth item.)
Regarding your June 11 editorial “Saying ‘yes’ to parking, regional cooperation” and your cartoon depicting former Mayor John Norquist as Mayor “No,” here are points worth considering.
MADISON, Wis. – Summerââ?¬â?¢s just starting to hit its full stride with fun in the sun and the Wisconsin menââ?¬â?¢s soccer team is taking full advantage of the warm weather with camps and clinics for area communities.
Wisconsin running back Dwayne Smith has been ordered to stand trial Sept. 1 for his involvement in an alleged sexual assault in Madison, Wis. But Smith’s attorney, Charles Giesen, will file a motion this week to have the trial postponed.
Ever since she was admitted to the University of Illinois at Chicago last fall, Priynka Rajaram had her heart set on studying biology there. She informed the school of her plans before the May 1 deadline and got ready to attend this fall.
