A new pay plan for top administrators was approved Thursday by a University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents committee, and the full board voted in closed session to grant raises for 10 of the 14 chancellors at System campuses.
A proposal that would mean higher pay scales for top University of Wisconsin System employees faces one final hurdle.
The University of Wisconsin System announced Thursday it will receive a $1.2 million grant from Lumina Foundation to help evaluate its new Flexible Option degree program, and to support development of a blueprint so other universities can build similar programs.
Concerned that current salary ranges may be too low to attract the best talent to fill several key leadership vacancies, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents over the next two days will consider broadening and boosting pay ranges for all top executive positions.
The Board of Regents will hear a presentation of the annual University of Wisconsin System Accountability Report Thursday, which shows second-year retention and six-year graduation rates in the University of Wisconsin System both exceed national averages. However, underrepresented minorities and Pell Grant recipients still fall behind.
The University of Wisconsin System released findings Wednesday that despite conferring a record high number of degrees in 2011-2012, rates of access to higher education for underrepresented populations of students in the state still lag behind national averages.
Students at University of Wisconsin System schools might not need to use the ?My dog ate my homework? excuse for late work anymore; the federal government shutdown could suffice.
More students keep going to University of Wisconsin System schools and graduate from those schools than the national average, according to figures released Wednesday.
The next University of Wisconsin System president could make nearly $600,000 under a proposal being considered by the Board of Regents.
Top officials in the University of Wisconsin System will be reviewing a proposed policy spelling out how much cash campuses should keep on hand.
In light of the national debate on unpaid internships, a local non-profit awarded a $2.5 million grant to 19 colleges and universities throughout the state, which will allow 1,300 Wisconsin students to take on unpaid internships.
A La Crosse area professor made national news Monday for an email she sent to students about the government shutdown.
More people have signed up for Professor Kurt Squire?s online Video Games and Learning class than the total number of undergrad students at UW-Madison. The University launched “MOOC,” which stands for Massive Open Online Courses Thursday. Squire?s class is the pilot.
Twenty years ago, Aaron Apel headed off to the University of Wisconsin at Platteville, where he spent too little time studying and too much time goofing off. He left the university, eventually earning an associate degree in information technology at a community college.
Federal financial aid, funding for academic research and Veterans Administration benefits to students will all be affected if the federal government shutdown continues, University of Wisconsin System officials said Thursday.
The UW System is planning to start up its own internet service to provide for the campus system and its affiliates.
The University of Wisconsin System will be transitioning from its broadband provider, WiscNet, to its own network over the next 14 to 18 months, System officials announced Tuesday at the state Capitol.
The University of Wisconsin System plans to move to a new high-speed data network over the next 18 months.
More transparency. Improved communication. Better decision-making. Those are the top three priorities for the UW System Board of Regents, according to board President Michael Falbo and Vice President Regina Millner, who met with our editorial board last week.
Crowdfunding for academic research is catching on, according to a blog post at Scientific American. Individuals, as well as a growing number of universities, are turning to the masses for funding as government funding dwindles, writes recent UW-Madison graduate Alexandra Branscombe. The option is particularly helpful for new researchers without track records to attract potential funders.
A quick scan of a bar code was all it took for college recruiters in Milwaukee to add prospective students to their database.
More transparency. Improved communication. Better decision-making. Those are the top three priorities for the UW System Board of Regents, according to board President Michael Falbo and Vice President Regina Millner, who met with our editorial board last week.
Rebecca Blank, new UW-Madison chancellor, noted recently that state support has slipped to 15 percent of overall UW-Madison spending. But, says Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris, with Walker in power, she and other UW officials must tread carefully: ?They can?t afford to take them on head-on.? (Also refers to research by Kathy Cramer.)
Best practices are starting to emerge from those universities with the longest track records on interdisciplinary hiring. Some of these universities, such as University of Wisconsin and University of Michigan, have had large cluster initiatives focused on hiring 100 or more faculty members.
The trillion-dollar student debt burden has spawned many debates about the value of college. Some argue that we educate too many young people. Indeed, average tuition costs have gone up faster than the rate of inflation. The cost of college today is, in inflation-adjusted terms, roughly double what it was in 1980. This creates legitimate concerns about the continued affordability of a college education.
Can a Wisconsin body of government supress disruptive political protest through an injunction outlawing contact or communication with public officials?
Those who live near Madison Area Technical College spoke out, sometimes angrily, at a public meeting Thursday to gauge support for an $18 million sports complex to be built partly in a wooded area near the college?s Truax campus.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association unexpectedly backtracked on some of the extensive sanctions it levied against Pennsylvania State University in the wake of Jerry Sandusky?s conviction of 45 counts of child abuse, but it?s neither an acknowledgement that the penalties were rushed or inappropriate, nor a precedent-setting decision, NCAA President Mark Emmert said.
Ramping up the process to find a successor to Kevin Reilly, the University of Wisconsin System has a Web page where the public can follow the hiring process for a new president.
The University of Minnesota is trying to head off problems with high risk drinking by requiring freshmen to take an alcohol education class.
It took a certain amount of cheek for Madison Area Technical College instructor David Peterson to suggest the college?s new welcome center shouldn?t be named after his former boss, ex-president
Amid a growing push to educate college students on the dangers of high-risk drinking, the University of Minnesota required an online alcohol course this summer for incoming freshmen.
He pointed out that Barhorst?s nine-year term as president was relatively short. Her predecessor, Beverly Simone, served 14 years and has no prominent display of her name on campus. The name of David Ward, who retired as chancellor at UW-Madison the same time as Barhorst and had a 30-year faculty career plus two stints as chancellor at the university, is similarly not found on campus.
Republican legislative leaders are suggesting that University of Wisconsin faculty have too much say in policies related to finances and personnel, according to a report in The Daily Cardinal.
All 26 University of Wisconsin System schools were invited to a conversation on the ideal vision of the next UW System President Thursday afternoon via video conference, marking one of the initial steps in the search and screen process.
New University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank already knows about Wisconsin?s political and fiscal landscape. As an economist and an experienced college administrator, she understands the finances of higher education.
The new chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is promoting her campus as a partner, as opposed to a competitor, with other universities and communities across the state.
At the Sept. 5 Board of Regents meeting, Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos, R- Burlington, posed a question:
?Are we the most nimble that we can be?? Vos asked the assembled audience of University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents members and legislators. ?Does ? allowing faculty to make a huge number of the decisions on every campus help the system or hurt our ability to be flexible??
The University of Wisconsin system has introduced an alternative way to finish your degree by earning credits based on what you already know. It?s the so-called Flex Option.
A private meeting last week between representatives of Marshfield Clinic, the University of Wisconsin System and UW-Stevens Point has sparked rumblings that the Marshfield Clinic may be trying to quietly build support for a controversial second dental school in Wisconsin.
State legislators participating in a student debt panel on campus Tuesday said despite holding statewide elected offices, they are still paying off the loans they took out to finance their college education.
Graduates trudging through life post-college with student loan debt could see the millstone lightened a bit.
This summer, two student leaders discovered firsthand the intricacies of passing legislation when they pushed to pass bills in the state Assembly and Senate.
An outside risk management firm presented the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents with a report Friday claiming the UW Human Resources System still contains a number of structural and functional issues that need to be addressed.
Discussion turned to deliberation over acceptable percentages of allowable reserve funds Friday morning at the monthly meeting for University of Wisconsin System officials.
The University of Wisconsin System budgeted $1.63 billion in salaries for the 2012-13 academic year, a 1 percent, $16.3 million increase over the previous year, according to a State Journal analysis of System data.
This database contains the budgeted salaries for all University of Wisconsin employees for the fiscal year 2012-13, released annually by the university as part of the universitys Redbook budget publication.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents hope to avoid future conflict with lawmakers over the UW?s cash balance. It became a big issue earlier this year, when UW officials were called on the carpet to explain a $648 million surplus, accumulated mostly through tuition increases.
The 2-year-old, $80 million human resources system for the University of Wisconsin System is loaded with risks and weaknesses in how it manages payroll and benefits, according to a report by a national accounting firm released Friday.
It was dubbed “Finding Common Ground,” a Sept. 5 summit to bring together state legislators, University of Wisconsin regents and other university leaders to talk about ways to mend fences after a series of trust-eroding episodes.
A meeting between the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and state legislators last week to find common ground in the wake of recent disputes over cash reserves. But discussions during the meeting about rethinking shared governance had some faculty feeling like they were left holding the bag for administrators? actions ? and that their decision-making authority within the system was under threat.
Under a new policy being discussed by the Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System campuses would be required to carry over between 10% and 15% of their unrestricted cash balances each year to maintain a healthy financial cushion.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The University of Wisconsin System?s next leader faces a complex financial world marked by dwindling government dollars and questions about whether a college degree is worth the cost, outgoing system President Kevin Reilly told a pair of search committees Friday.
State lawmakers and University of Wisconsin System administrators came together Thursday at an event meant to repair strained relationships following last April?s discovery of the system?s $650 million in reserves.
Madison ? The University of Wisconsin System invited state legislators to a summit on the UW-Madison campus Thursday to begin rebuilding trust and credibility with lawmakers, and to improve communication in the wake of a blow-up over the UW amassing sizable cash balances without lawmakers? knowledge.
Madison ? University of Wisconsin System officials hope to avoid future dust-ups with the Legislature over how much cash the system and its campuses carry forward from year to year through a new procedure that promises full disclosure of budget details previously not shared.
MADISON ? The Wisconsin Assembly?s top Republican told University of Wisconsin System regents Thursday to decide whether their job is to promote the system or protect taxpayers during a conference designed to rebuild the system?s relationship with legislators.
A professor of vocal music education at the University of Wisconsin at Superior is on paid leave as the institution investigates revelations that he is a convicted sex offender.
If ever there was a need for a ?can?t we all get along?? moment, this is it.
UW-La Crosse is welcoming its largest number of new students this year since the mid-?80s. More freshmen and transfer students are enrolling, despite the drop in the number of Wisconsin high school graduates. UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow says housing will be tight, but all freshmen will have a place to live. He says with the strong enrollment comes more tuition money that could end up in staff and faculty paychecks.
