The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education ? long regarded as a top school for aspiring teachers ? doesn?t look so hot in a controversial new report produced by the National Council on Teacher Quality.
A new national corps of ?master teachers? trained in the humanities and social sciences and increased support for research in ?endangered? liberal arts subjects are among the recommendations of a major report to be delivered on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
The results of a controversial review of the nation?s teacher-preparation programs ? which was punctuated in Wisconsin by a lawsuit over open records ? suggests that many University of Wisconsin System education schools are of middling quality.
ORLANDO, Fla.?Operating the National Collegiate Athletic Association has long been like sailing a large ship?a rush to one approach followed by a lurch to another. NCAA president Mark Emmert said Saturday that it?s time for a shift toward empowering those close to the action: athletic directors.
Marnie Dresser, a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Richland, wants to develop workshops to help students, businesspeople ? well, anyone ? develop their creativity. And she has found a creative way to finance time out of the classroom to do it: Crowdfunding.
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The University of Wisconsin System is looking at two options for working adults hoping to finish college degrees through its new Flexible Option program.
(0) CommentsStudents enrolling next fall in the University of Wisconsin?s new flexible degree programs for working adults will pay $2,250 for a three-month ?all you can learn? block of time, allowing motivated students to zip through multiple courses much faster than allowed in the traditional semester-based model.
The chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been selected as the next dean of the College of Letters & Science, the flagship university?s largest academic unit.
You didn?t think the controversy over school vouchers would cool down as Gov. Scott Walker works to close a deal with Republican lawmakers that would expand the program statewide, did you?
July 1, 2013 will be a momentous day in higher education. It will be the first day since 1981 that E. Gordon Gee will not be a university president.
Wisconsin has a low ?business birthrate.?Fewer people than in most states ? about 180 out of every 100,000 adults ? started businesses in Wisconsin last year, according to a recent Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity.
Gordon Gee issued a new set of apologies over the weekend.
ALEC is still at it, Julie Underwood, dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, cautions in ?School Boards Beware,? a commentary in the May issue of Wisconsin School News.
Military veterans would be given priority over other students when registering for classes at all University of Wisconsin campuses as well as the states technical colleges under a bill making its way through the Legislature.
A bill that would give military veterans priority registration for classes at Wisconsin universities and technical colleges will get a vote at a state Assembly committee meeting Wednesday morning.
Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Professors or programs from three University of Wisconsin System campuses ? La Crosse, Parkside and Madison ? were chosen recently as winners of the annual Regents Teaching Excellence Awards.
Comic actor and writer Anders Holm, a 2003 UW-Madison graduate, delivered what came off as a stand-up comedy charge toUW-Madison graduates over the weekend, getting mostly laughs except during an off-color comment about grandmothers.
There was plenty of focus on higher education this past weekend, and for the first time in awhile it was nothing but positive.
Noted: There appears no rhyme nor reason for vast differences in presidential pay. David R. Hopkins, president of Wright State University — an unremarkable commuter school ranked rather poorly in major-magazine rankings — makes far more than the presidents of the much larger, and vastly more prestigious, University of California at Berkeley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or the University of Wisconsin.
If you think public university presidents make a lot of money, check out this infographic by Deadspin of the highest-paid state employees in the country.
?New financial figures show that, while they earn more than most of us, top leaders at UW-Madison and the University of Wisconsin System, relatively speaking, slummed it compared with peers in fiscal 2012.
Charles Franklin, a nationally recognized government scholar whose polls correctly predicted outcomes in the 2012 election, will join the Marquette University Law School as a full-time professor and lead the school?s poll.
UW-Madison?s incoming freshman class last fall included the lowest percentage of Wisconsin students and by far the highest percentage of international students in at least a decade, the latter fueled by a doubling of Chinese freshmen from the previous year.
support UW System and its flagship, UW-Madison. But I am appalled by President Kevin Reilly?s handling of the surplus scandal.
As the parent of a student in UW System, I applaud the Legislature for auditing the System?s finances closely.We had a child in the System 10 years ago. The price of tuition and housing has doubled during that time, and additional fees have been added. I am sure many costs have increased over time, but doubled? Planning for a ?rainy day? is when you put 5 percent or 8 percent in the piggy bank, not several times that.
Members of the University of Wisconsin?s student government hosted a question-and-answer session with a congressman representing the Madison area Monday to talk about student issues at the federal level.
One of the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s signature humanities projects, the 50-year-old Dictionary of American Regional English, is in financial peril and faces possible closure this year.
The University of Wisconsin?s partnership with Kazakhstan to establish a humanities and social science program in the country has drawn criticism the project contradicts the core values of the ?Wisconsin Idea? by partnering with a country ruled by a dictatorial regime.
UW-Madison admitted 51 percent of freshman applicants for fall 2013, down 3.55 percentage points: College applicant pools are growing larger, and colleges are becoming more selective, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison
The U.S. Under Secretary of Education will visit campus Tuesday for a discussion on higher education in Wisconsin.
A top official in the U.S. Education department who came to the job with significant experience in community colleges will talk Tuesday at UW-Madison about the future of higher education.
Journalists from near and far will gather in Madison on Friday to talk about the ethics of current journalism models that include a growing number of nontraditional news sources, some funded by corporations or political groups.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison program is now offering an online option for a Consumer Health Advocacy Certificate, beginning in Spring 2013.
WHITEWATER ? Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), chairman of the Assembly?s colleges and universities committee, says policies supported by Rebecca Blank, the acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce who was recently named the new chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will increase tuition and leave fewer undergraduate spots at the university open for Wisconsin students.
Four finalists have been named in UW-Madison?s search for a new dean at the School of Pharmacy.
Problems with the grading done by TAs go well beyond the ?inconsistencies? discussed in Eli Bovarnick?s Opinion March 21 column, ?TA grading system inherently flawed.? Even more important is how accurately the grades TAs give measure what their students learned.
There is a room in the Biochemistry building overflowing with scientific gadgets and gizmos. The dull glint of old microscopes and beakers sitting on every available flat surface is conspicuous against the piles of papers and boxes. Hidden behind this hodgepodge sits the desk of Professor Emeritus of biochemistry David Nelson: His necessary ?I?m back here? is a beacon of sound guiding me through his office.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus hosted a discussion panel Friday to explore the way online courses and teaching technologies could help make higher education more accessible in the midst of rising university costs.
For University of Wisconsin-Madison student Chloe Brown, taking the stage at the Morgridge Engaged Scholarship Summit isn?t just an opportunity to present the results of her research on mentorship.
Julie K. Underwood, dean of the School of Education of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and 1976 graduate of DePauw University, will discuss “The Privatization of Education” in a March 21 presentation at the Racine Marriott Hotel. The program, which is free and open to the public, is previewed in the Racine Journal Times. “Underwood will explore four challenges of privatization of education in America, and what they mean for the future of public education in this country,” it reports.
Several UW-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation?s best in the 2014 edition of U.S. News and World Report?s ?Best Graduate Schools.?
Officials from the University of Wisconsin and Madison Area Technical College will sign a reverse transfer agreement Monday, allowing credits to transfer between both of the higher education institutions.
Officials from the University of Wisconsin and Madison Area Technical College will sign a reverse transfer agreement Monday, allowing credits to transfer between both of the higher education institutions. The reverse transfer agreement will go into effect this fall and will permit Madison College students who have earned at least 30 credits to transfer to UW in order to fulfill remaining requirements
Michael Schill looks at the Wisconsin Idea and sees himself reflected in it.”I immediately became enamored because it fits a lot of what I did with my life prior to going into administration,” said the candidate for UW-Madison chancellor, who will be on campus Thursday for a day of interviews and meetings.
No one can say with certainty how the automatic spending cuts that kick in Friday will affect Wisconsin. Some federal services will continue uninterrupted; others will be scaled back as furloughs begin, likely next month. Here are some of the changes officials say are likely over the next few months if Congress doesnt reverse the cuts.
Last week I wrote a story on a proposed drunken driving law. And like I have done numerous times in the past, I contacted Nina Emerson with the UW Law School?s Resource Center on Impaired Driving for some information.Two days after the story ran, Emerson was notified that her funding will be gone when the 2014 fiscal year starts on Oct. 1 of this year.
UW-Madison has honored 16 of its professors as either outstanding mid-career faculty members or promising young faculty members.The university awarded eight professors with the Kellett Mid-Career Award and eight with the Romnes Faculty Fellowship, according to news releases Thursday.
In an effort to keep pace with continuously advancing educational technology, the University of Wisconsin announced Wednesday it will offer four massive, open online courses, two of which will start this fall.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota are among a growing number of universities offering free online courses through their websites.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota are among a growing number of universities offering free online courses through their websites.
Starting next fall, anyone with an Internet connection will be able to take a few UW-Madison courses ? taught exclusively online by high-profile professors ? for free.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota are among a growing number of universities offering free online courses through their websites.
Donald Nichols, an economics and public affairs professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an adviser to three state governors and a president, has died at the age of 72.Nichols died of liver cirrhosis complications caused by hepatitis C, according to an obituary in the Wisconsin State Journal.
A Senate committee held a public information hearing Wednesday to address education initiatives in the state and look at the issue of meeting workforce needs.
A Senate committee held a public information hearing Wednesday to address education initiatives in the state and look at the issue of meeting workforce needs.
In his fourth State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Barack Obama emphasized his top priority remains on improving the middle class.
President Barack Obama established a broad foundation of initiatives, ranging from education-based economic reform to gun control in his fifth State of the Union Address Tuesday, which drew mixed responses from University of Wisconsin-Madison?s two college party chairs.
