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New data from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Letters & Sciences released Wednesday suggests that 65% of its recent graduates who are working full time have jobs requiring a bachelor’s degree.

Flagship universities across the country for years have been backfilling lost state funding by boosting the number of higher paying students they accept — and aggressively recruit — from other states and countries.

There are now six confirmed cases of mumps at the UW-Whitewater campus.

Following an exchange he acknowledged struck some recipients as offensive and creepy, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse residence hall director has been reprimanded for emailing several hundred students about the need for men to pay more attention to women’s orgasms.

Noted: Wisconsin colleges and universities have produced 46 Rhodes Scholars since the program’s inception in 1903. Thirteen came from private colleges; 31 came from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Rhodes program usually draws students from private schools and big research institutions.

A new report from The Education Trust shows private colleges in Wisconsin generally do a better job of graduating low-income students than public universities, but at a significantly higher net cost to students and their families.

We’re told to work hard and play hard in order to succeed. But earlier this year I almost learned the hard way that unbridled demands on my time and energy could have fatal consequences.

The University of Wisconsin System has eliminated 36 positions from administration and academic affairs offices as part of streamlining efforts to become more efficient and nimble, according to UW System President Ray Cross.

When the guiding mission of the state’s public higher education system for more than a century was on the line in January, stunned educators accused presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker of trying to kill the Wisconsin Idea in his proposed state budget. The debate drew national attention.

The University of Wisconsin’s ongoing adult education arm wants the authority to grant business degrees.