After a year of intense conflict and scrutiny, the Legislature?s audit committee on Thursday unanimously approved a new University of Wisconsin System policy for managing and clearly explaining year-end fund balances and rainy day cash reserves.
The Legislature?s Joint Audit Committee unanimously approved the University of Wisconsin System?s proposed financial reporting policy Thursday, opening it up to final legislative approval in the Joint Finance Committee.
The Legislature?s audit committee has unanimously approved new guidelines for reporting the University of Wisconsin?s financial reserves, but some of the big decisions are yet to come.
State lawmakers approved two measures relating to University of Wisconsin pay and personnel Monday: the UW will have its own personnel systems separate from the rest of state government, and senior executives could get big pay increases.
This week?s Supreme Court ruling allowing Michigan voters to ban race-based public university admissions was cheered by some opponents of affirmative-action practices, but it is too soon to tell if it will build momentum that leads to additional state bans.
Peter Nelson worked in information technology for 20 years before leaving the business world to pursue what he calls his “truest love” — teaching.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the UW System will have their own personnel systems separate from the state, starting July 1, 2015.
EVANSTON, Ill. ? A National Labor Relations Board official took a historic step last month in ruling that Northwestern?s scholarship football players should be considered employees of the university and therefore had the right to unionize like other workers.
The University of Wisconsin System received approval from the Legislature?s employment relations committee to begin implementation of new personnel systems across the system Wednesday.
The Legislature?s audit committee is set to vote on the University of Wisconsin System?s new policy for reporting surpluses.
State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, wasted no time after the U.S. Supreme Court struck a blow to affirmative action Tuesday, promising to resurrect his effort to ban such policies in Wisconsin.
Far be it from me to diss two free years of college for every American student. And there are some decent reasons to support a recent proposal from a pair of UW-Madison faculty that would provide just that. The problem is that students could get their free rides only at public institutions, and only if the federal government agreed to start stiffing the private ones. That?s as much an ideological shot across the bow as a way to solve problems plaguing higher education.
The Legislature?s audit committee is set to vote on the University of Wisconsin System?s new policy for reporting surpluses.
The Legislature?s audit committee is set to vote on the University of Wisconsin System?s new policy for reporting surpluses.
The Legislature?s audit committee is set to vote on the University of Wisconsin System?s new policy for reporting surpluses.
Tuesday?s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action has prompted state Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, to call for ending all race and gender preference programs in the state.
Dozens of applicants denied admission to UW-Madison have contacted a non-profit legal group soliciting clients for a potential lawsuit because race is among the many factors the state flagship takes into account in its admissions decisions. The potential lawsuit is looming against a backdrop of a major U.S. Supreme Court decision Tuesday upholding Michigan’s ban on using race as a factor in college admissions.
Leaders in higher education, upset by Tuesday?s Supreme Court decision upholding Michigan?s ban on race-based preferences in college admissions, said the ruling would nudge them further along the path of finding alternative means to promote diversity in their student bodies.
New University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee interim chancellor Mark Mone came late to academia, starting in the restaurant business in high school.
Most University of Minnesota undergraduates didn?t see a tuition increase this year, but others weren?t so lucky.
In the wake of Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision, Glenn Grothman said he would seek to bring back legislation to ban affirmative action policies in the state, which he has proposed in the past without success.
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld voter-passed bans on racial preferences in public-college admissions in a case involving a challenge to Michigan?s 2006 adoption of such a measure.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a challenge to the measure approved by Michigan voters in 2006 to bar public colleges and universities from considering race in admissions.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Michigan voter initiative that banned racial preferences in admissions to the state?s public universities.
UW-Madison spokesman John Lucas said that generally, adjunct positions at UW System schools require a bachelor?s degree. However, departments and deans can make exceptions, he said, and ?the university would most likely make that exception for non-degreed individuals with significant real-world accomplishments.? Given that UW System faculty and officials weren?t shy about signing the Walker recall petition, though, that still might be a tough nut for an aspiring Professor Walker to crack.
Another billion-dollar University of Wisconsin System surplus calls for another two-year tuition freeze. At least that?s the view taken by Gov. Scott Walker.
On April 11, Gov. Scott Walker proposed freezing tuition in the University of Wisconsin System for two more years, which follows a hard cap put in place in 2013.
Burke said she wants to hold the line on tuition increases in the University of Wisconsin System. The system is already under a two-year tuition freeze, but Burke disagreed with Walker’s recent proposal for an additional two-year freeze.
To any thoughtful observer of politics, one of the biggest frustrations is watching is just how politically popular some really bad ideas can be. A perfect example is Republican Gov. Scott Walker?s proposal to freeze tuition increases within the University of Wisconsin System for four straight years.
After Gov. Scott Walker called for a two-year extension to the current University of Wisconsin System?s tuition freeze, some critics have called the move short-sighted and an overly simplistic solution to keeping higher education affordable.
Those of us on the outside looking in at the state Capitol and the University of Wisconsin System?s cash-flow are eager to learn more about whether the latter is sitting on $1.7 billion in extra money or if lawmakers are simply jumping on an election-year opportunity to announce a second straight two-year tuition freeze.
A pair of UW-Madison professors have a plan they say could give all students at public colleges and universities two years of free schooling.
Gov. Scott Walker?s proposal to extend his tuition freeze on all universities within the UW System threatens the survival of one of Wisconsin?s most cost-effective universities, the UW Colleges.
Early on the morning of Dec. 7, 2012, a freshman at Florida State University reported that she had been raped by a stranger somewhere off campus after a night of drinking at a popular Tallahassee bar called Potbelly?s.
The first two years of college should be free at public schools and the federal and state governments should work together to change funding models and make it possible, according to a new paper by two UW-Madison professors.
Gov. Scott Walker on Friday called for extending a tuition freeze at the University of Wisconsin System by two years, citing new figures that show the System should end this fiscal year with $1.1 billion left over.
The president of the University of Wisconsin System says he wants to work with the governor and Legislature to create the best budget possible for the university. That?s how Ray Cross responded today, after Governor Scott Walker said he wanted to freeze UW tuition through the summer of 2017.
Gov. Scott Walker may want to finish his college course work using a new flexible degree option through the University of Wisconsin System, but there are no immediate plans to offer classes in the fields hes interested in.
Gov. Scott Walker wants to finish his college course work using a new flexible degree option through the University of Wisconsin System. One problem: There are no immediate plans to offer classes in the fields he?s interested in.
Pitzer College announced Saturday that it would sell off all holdings in its endowment that are in fossil fuel comapnies. A number of small colleges have announced such moves, but Pitzer officials believe that their institution is the largest by far (in endowment size) to make such a move.
MADISON ? Gov. Scott Walker on Friday called for another two-year tuition freeze throughout the University of Wisconsin System, citing concern over a projected year-end surplus topping $1 billion.
Gov. Scott Walker called for another tuition freeze at University of Wisconsin campuses on Friday.
MADISON (AP) ? Gov. Scott Walker may want to finish his college course work using a new flexible degree option through the University of Wisconsin System, but there are no immediate plans to offer classes in the fields he?s interested in.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison administration responded this week to the recent ?UWNotFair? campaign.
Following up on promises to make the University of Wisconsin System?s finances easier to understand for the average observer, UW System President Ray Cross presented the proposal to revamp the annual budget process to the UW Board of Regents Thursday.
Gov. Scott Walker is calling for an additional two-year tuition freeze at the University of Wisconsin System.
State economic development leaders on Thursday took 32 trade commissioners from 23 countries on a daylong bus tour designed to show Wisconsin makes more than beer and cheese. The tour included a stop at UW-Madison, for a presentation about the commercialization of university research discoveries and public-private partnerships over lunch at the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery.
The University of Wisconsin System finished the first three quarters of fiscal year 2013-14 with more than $1.7 billion on hand and should finish the year with about $1.1 billion left over, according to data released Thursday.
Gov. Scott Walker dodged questions Wednesday about whether he would need a college degree if he were to run for president but said he would like to finish his studies one day through the flexible degree option now available through the University of Wisconsin System.
Nearly five years after the official end of the longest economic downturn since the Great Depression, plenty of colleges are still suffering, and not just the tuition-dependent private ones.
Enrollment at American colleges is sliding, but competition for spots at top universities is more cutthroat and anxiety-inducing than ever. In the just-completed admissions season, Stanford University accepted only 5 percent of applicants, a new low among the most prestigious schools, with the odds nearly as bad at its elite rivals.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he would like to earn his college degree ? maybe even before the race for the GOP presidential nomination kicks into high gear.
Denied admission to UW-Madison because you?re white or Asian? Come, join our lawsuit. That?s the pitch being made by a conservative nonprofit legal group in Washington, D.C., which on Monday launched three websites seeking students denied admission to Harvard, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill or UW-Madison.
The Project on Fair Representation, a nonprofit legal organization, is seeking plaintiffs for potential lawsuits challenging the race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The organization announced the effort on Monday.
Madison — More than two decades after leaving Marquette University without finishing up his degree, Gov. Scott Walker wants to earn his diploma.
The man behind last term?s affirmative action and voting rights challenges in the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing for more of the same.
WASHINGTON ? It was the last Monday in June, and the Supreme Court had just issued its latest decision on affirmative action. The debate was starting about how much the court had restricted the use of race in college admissions.
A group opposed to affirmative action in higher education is taking the unprecedented step of looking for plaintiffs online.
In the UW System, where teaching students how to start businesses was confined to a few lonely programs a decade ago, it is now a trend on most campuses and within UW-Extension.
The Project on Fair Representation, a nonprofit legal organization, is seeking plaintiffs for potential lawsuits challenging the race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The organization plans to announce the effort on Monday.
