University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is asking the Board of Regents to approve a $19,152,300 increase to the Wisconsin Grant-UW program over the next two years.
University of Wisconsin System regents are considering raising application fees.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank wants permission to spend an $800,000 donation as she sees fit to help alleviate the school’s budget crunch.
UW-Madison officials are asking for authority to spend $4 million more than expected to complete the renovation of Memorial Union in what will become a $105.7 million project.
An expansive study of employee positions, pay and benefits in the University of Wisconsin System will also touch on family leave policies that a UW-Madison report found are far less generous than those available at other universities.
The UW System Board of Regents will consider an initiative from UW-Madison to raise the school’s undergraduate application fee during its meeting Thursday.
An expansive study of employee positions, pay and benefits in the University of Wisconsin System will also touch on family leave policies that a UW-Madison report found are far less generous than those available at other universities.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank wants permission to spend an $800,000 donation as she sees fit to help alleviate the school’s budget crunch.
At a time when UW-Madison continues to face deep state cuts and legislative attacks on its mission and integrity, a group of prominent alumni, donors and supporters has formed a new, independent advocacy organization that will lobby state government on behalf of the internationally renowned research institution–and fund candidates for office.
University of Wisconsin System leaders are looking to give students an additional $12.7 million in financial aid over the next biennium.
Any decision regarding the future of the University of Wisconsin-Extension Columbia County is, by definition, one made with insufficient information, members of the County Board’s Agriculture, Extension and Land and Water Conservation Committee declared Monday.
University of Wisconsin System leaders are looking to give students an additional $12.7 million in financial aid over the next biennium.
Noted: ?UW System tenure: Changes to the tenure process in the UW System have sparked angry reactions across the state’s four-year campuses in recent months, with faculty at many campuses passing resolutions of no-confidence in UW System leaders.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross this week will urge the Board of Regents to seek a 33% biennial boost in need-based financial aid from the state to help resident students better afford to attend a public university in Wisconsin.
Retired Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin CEO Tom Hefty has long called for a major strategic planning effort on the future of Wisconsin higher education.
Gov. Walker’s claim is judged “half true.”
After hinting this week that the state’s public higher education systems could see more support in the next budget, Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday he’s considering tying any funding increases to performance.
Gov. Scott Walker is indicating he may increase funding for the University of Wisconsin System and technical colleges, possibly tied to performance measures.
Wisconsin’s public colleges and universities could see their funding increase in the next state budget based on how they do in certain performance measures, Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday.
It can be hard for Green Bay Packers fans to remember a time without consistency at the quarterback position.
The 2015-16 academic year has seen numerous shootings, some deadly, of students, and a national debate over guns on campus. On Wednesday, with the academic year winding down, an engineering professor was shot and killed in the engineering building at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Gov. Scott Walker hinted Wednesday that additional support may be heading to Wisconsin’s public higher education providers.
Demonstrating that Wisconsin Democrats believe student debt is an issue that resonates with voters, former Sen. Russ Feingold’s campaign will share stories this week of borrowers who say they would be helped by a policy that would allow them to refinance their loans.
Politicians come and go. UW-Madison is here to stay — and so are the vast majority of its professors. That’s reassuring.
Walker’s attempt to eliminate language detailing that “Wisconsin Idea” pledge caused a lot of controversy in Wisconsin, and nationally. It was embarrassing for Walker because it reinforced an impression of him as a political careerist who had little interest in public education or public service.
Globe University is consolidating its campuses in Madison.The plan is to merge the East and West campuses into the East location, effective at the end of June.
Written by Ray Cross, president of the University of Wisconsin System.
Daniel Hofstetter, who comes from a town in northeastern Ohio, is part of a growing demographic at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus: students from outside of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas.
NEW HOLSTEIN, Wis. – University of Wisconsin-Extension’s long-standing participation in Wisconsin Farm Technology Days is slated to shrink in scope over the next several years, due to state budget cuts and the resulting consolidation of UW-Extension county offices.
Gov. Scott Walker says a court order that directed his office to release records on proposed changes to the University of Wisconsin System’s mission statement has clarified what his administration must share with the public.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has been busy writing columns and posts critical of tenure for newspapers and right-wing news sites across the state. It must be a fun way for him to spend his downtime now that the Legislature isn’t in session. Vos (R-Rochester) has spent most of his adult life criticizing the UW System. Calling out professors is kind of his passion project.
Gov. Scott Walker has released 82 pages of records he wanted to keep secret after a judge ordered them to be made public.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talking tough about UW faculty reminds me of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” where: “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”
Records released Friday by Gov. Scott Walker’s office in response to a judge’s order make clear he sought controversial changes in 2015 to the University of Wisconsin System’s mission statement, known as the Wisconsin Idea.
Ray Cross’s selection as UW System president in 2014 sounded promising. He had a Ph.D. in university administration and experience as an engineer, business owner, consultant, professor and college president. He’d been with the System since 2011 and seemed to be well regarded by colleagues, legislators and Regents.
I am always amazed when the people of Wisconsin are angry at the staff of our wonderful university over salaries and tenure.
Most faculty and staff at UW do not have tenure and accordingly can be easily dismissed for unwelcome criticism or imagined “arrogance.”
Almost 35,000 students graduated from college in Wisconsin this month. They and their families were proud of that accomplishment. They believed that their own investment in higher education would pay off in a better life.
According to the Oak Ridge institute’s report, Pennsylvania State University had the largest number of nuclear engineering degrees awarded in 2015, followed by Texas A&M and UT. Other top programs are located at the University of Michigan, University of California at Berkeley, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Wisconsin, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Overall, the number of students enrolling in undergraduate and graduate programs in nuclear engineering were up by 23 percent and 5 percent.
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow says personal reasons drove him to consider a job opportunity in South Dakota. He has since withdrawn his name from consideration.
On orders from a judge, Gov. Scott Walker on Friday released emails showing he wanted to simplify guiding principles for state universities last year as part of a sweeping higher education proposal that would have dropped the long-standing Wisconsin Idea from their mission statement.
Finalists announced Friday for UW-Madison’s top financial and administrative position include a vice chancellor from UW-Platteville and an official overseeing financial planning at the University of California-Berkeley.
Despite the budget cuts, weakened tenure protections and the general acrimony between state lawmakers and University of Wisconsin System staff, a UW-Madison professor is making the case for why faculty should stay at the school.
Amid budget cuts, weakened tenure protections, and a chilly atmosphere between UW faculty and staff and Governor Walker, some of the UW System’s faculty have been looking for jobs elsewhere or receiving offers from other universities. We hear from a professor and department chair who makes the case for staying at the UW.
Governor Scott Walker has released dozens of documents that detail staff discussions about changes to the University of Wisconsin System’s mission statement, just hours after a judge ordered them to be made public.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will likely be the last campus this spring to hold a vote of no-confidence in the Board of Regents and UW System President Ray Cross.
College enrollment was down 1.3 percent across the country during the current semester, and Wisconsin saw the fifth-largest drop in students, according to a new study.
In addition to Maryland, the only other universities receiving the maximum of four Goldwater awards are Cornell University, Stanford University, the University of North Texas, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In March 2013, Rebecca Blank had to know the touchy political terrain onto which she was stepping.
A pre-college program started in the 1990s to improve student diversity primarily at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has seen declining retention and graduation rates, according to an independent evaluation of the program released Thursday.
Participants in one of UW-Madison’s most well-known outreach programs for disadvantaged students of color graduate from the university at lower rates than other low-income and minority students, according to an evaluation that also found the program has been hampered by a lack of data and coordination.
Public labor unions may not have much power in Wisconsin these days, but a local at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been trying to flex its muscles recently.
Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still explains how budget cuts will continue to affect the University of Wisconsin System’s ability to contribute to economic growth in Wisconsin. Still says a bipartisan effort is necessary in order for both the state economy and UW System to thrive.
Amid budget cuts, weakened tenure protections, and a chilly atmosphere between UW faculty and staff and Governor Walker, some of the UW System’s faculty have been looking for jobs elsewhere or receiving offers from other universities. We hear from a professor and department chair who makes the case for staying at the UW.
Prof. David Canon will be a guest on WPR program “Central Time” today.
Column by Gov. Walker: As the parent of a junior at UW-Madison, I want my son to have a great education for a reasonable price. As governor, I want that for every college student in Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire faculty by a split vote this week passed a resolution that included language of no confidence in UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents.
No-confidence votes being taken by faculties across the state were spurred in part by budget cuts the state made to the University of Wisconsin System.
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow is staying.
The University of Wisconsin System is under fire following a series of alleged campus sexual assaults.
