Category: Higher Education/System

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Amanda Delekta, a sophomore at the University of Michigan and political director of the College Republicans, was ecstatic when her candidate, Donald J. Trump, won the presidential election.

University of Wisconsin System regents are expected to approve raising out-of-state and graduate tuition and give employees raises.

Professors at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse don’t earn what their peers at other institutions or many professionals in the private sector do, according to a recent study.

Hundreds of students and faculty members are calling on the university to denounce a controversial speaker that is coming to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee next week.

Nonresident students at UW-Madison could see a $4,000 hike in tuition over the next two years if a proposed increase goes as planned during the UW System Board of Regents meeting Thursday.

University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate proposed a $4,000 increase in out-of-state tuition to meet rising operation costs and cushion the impact of budget cuts Monday.

About 100 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse employees who would have been switched to hourly pay will remained salaried.

The University of California announced sweeping actions Wednesday to protect its students who came into the country illegally, saying it would refuse to assist federal immigration agents, turn over confidential records without court orders or supply information for any national registry based on race, national origin or religion.

Two years ago, UW-Milwaukee doctoral student and lecturer Stephanie Baran attended a conference where she spoke about the effects racism, sexism and classism have on capitalist practices.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Representative Tom Price, a Georgia Republican, is his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The selection was widely interpreted as a signal of Trump’s intentions to deliver on his campaign promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But academics may be more likely to focus on Price’s past opposition to embryonic stem cell research and his skepticism about the scientific consensus around climate change.

Congress is poised to approve a massive piece of legislation that would provide the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with $4.8 billion over the next decade for a set of research initiatives, including brain and cancer research and efforts to develop so-called precision medicine treatments that are tailored to an individual’s genetic makeup.

Hussain Saeed Alnahdi was one of the almost 400 international students attending the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

About 90 college and university presidents have signed a statement calling for the continuation and expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, under which more than 700,000 young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children have registered with the federal government in exchange for temporary relief from the possibility of deportation and a two-year renewable work permit. President-elect Donald J. Trump has said he would end the DACA program, which was authorized by President Obama by executive action.

Campuses across the University of Wisconsin System have reduced employment by the equivalent of 830 full-time positions, or 2.5%, over the past two years, according to an annual report to the Joint Finance Committee and state Department of Administration released Thursday.

Menomonie Police say they are interested in speaking with two women who they say may have information about the death of a UW-Stout student from Saudi Arabia last month.

The election of Donald Trump to the presidency has prompted a growing number of petitions signed by students, faculty members and alumni at colleges and universities across the country calling on their institutions to limit their cooperation with federal immigration enforcement authorities and to declare theirs “sanctuary campuses.”

As post-election tensions rise nationwide, UW-Eau Claire came under fire for a school policy denying students community service credit for religion-focused volunteer work.

Another week has passed without an arrest in the death of a University of Wisconsin-Stout student from Saudi Arabia violently attacked as bars closed Halloween weekend. He was buried in his homeland last Sunday. And two days later, America elected a president whose campaign has incited anti-Muslim rhetoric.

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities set the theme for its opening keynote discussion here Sunday well before Election Day. The topic: “Balancing Freedom of Expression and Diversity on Campuses.” The election results weren’t just the elephant in the room for the session, but were more like a herd of elephants stomping through the room.

Two Catholic students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire have sued the university after being denied credit toward mandatory community service for the time they spent teaching their religion at a local parish.

University of Wisconsin-Madison officials were under fire for not forcefully dealing with fans who dressed up as Obama with a noose around their neck the Badgers football game against Northwestern.

As college campuses across the country struggle to make all students feel welcome and safe and one of the most divisive presidential campaigns in history winds down, two University of Wisconsin campuses in the Chippewa Valley saw the worst and best in humanity last week.

As college campuses across the country struggle to make all students feel welcome and safe and one of the most divisive presidential campaigns in history winds down, two University of Wisconsin campuses in the Chippewa Valley saw the worst and best in humanity last week.

A memorial fund has been established in the name of a University of Wisconsin-Stout student from Saudi Arabia who was attacked and killed.

For nearly a week, the police in Menomonie, Wis., have been at a loss to identify a suspect or a motive in the fatal beating of a Saudi Arabian college student outside a pizza restaurant. Now, the city is trying to change that by raising money for a reward. The tally so far? $20,000.

University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County faculty and staff gathered around the university’s Sifting and Winnowing plaque Tuesday to recognize colleagues who left the UW System due to what they view as an attack on the Wisconsin Idea.

University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County faculty and staff gathered around the university’s Sifting and Winnowing plaque Tuesday to recognize colleagues who left the UW System due to what they view as an attack on the Wisconsin Idea.

A student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout has died after he was injured in a weekend assault in Menomonie.