When Kenneth W. Dam, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, received word in January 2001 that he would be nominated to serve as deputy secretary of the treasury, he was delighted. A former top official in the Reagan administration, he viewed government work as “a great privilege” and was eager to begin. (Subscription required.)
In the fall of 2000, Cayuga County Community College, in Auburn, N.Y., was running out of space. Its extension center, which was housed in a former Catholic elementary school 45 miles away, in Fulton, could no longer accommodate its 504 students. (Subscription required.)
Players in the NCAA’s top-tier Division I-A are more likely than ever to leave school with degrees, according to the latest survey of graduation rates compiled by the federal government and released Monday by the NCAA.
Reshuffling college football’s latest BCS rankings, according to each school’s long-term football graduation rate.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin researcher Clive N. Svendsen
The Big Ten Conference has a very simple mission: “Collection of revenue from various sources and remission to member schools’ athletic departments.”
So says Part III, Item A, of the Big Ten’s Form 990 for the 2002-3 academic year. The form is the document that the league and all nonprofit organizations must make public every year and send to the Internal Revenue Service. (Subscription required.)
When Jesse Kayan formed the Global Justice League at St. Mary’s College of Maryland two years ago, it was common that only a handful turned out for the political meetings.
But as this year’s presidential election approached, he watched as dozens more students began showing up. Dormitory rooms at the small liberal-arts college in Southern Maryland have been packed for debate-watching parties. Student groups have deployed people to swing states to help sway undecided voters.
As Kevin Reilly takes the helm of the 26-campus University of Wisconsin System, he tackles a system socked by a $250 million cut in state support over the past two years.
You’ve got to play to win. It’s true in the lottery, and it’s especially true when you’re a student who needs help paying for college.
Unfortunately, a bunch of American students just aren’t playing.
College students favor Sen. John Kerry over President Bush by a wide margin, and the preference is stronger among likely student voters in 14 battleground states, according to the results of a poll released on Thursday by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics.
….Strides have been made at Madison, especially for women who make it to the tenure track. From 1997-2003, 91 percent of women reviewed for tenure were granted it, compared to 93 percent of men. However, men applied for tenure at double the rate that women did in this time period.
Tuition at the nation’s public universities rose an average of 10.5 percent this year, the second largest increase in more than a decade, according to the latest annual survey by the College Board. Last year’s rise, 13 percent, was the highest. (Login required.)
Applications to medical schools in the United States inched up this year for the second straight year, with women outnumbering men and both black and Hispanic students making significant gains, the Association of American Medical Colleges announced on Wednesday. Enrollments also rose this year, notably among minority students. (Subscription required.)
Colleges are not doing enough to open up their hiring processes for head football coaches to include minority candidates, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Black Coaches Association. (Subscription required.)
When my niece Lauren came home recently from her first semester at Spelman College in Atlanta, one of the first things we talked about was money.
I asked Lauren if she needed any. She gave me that look teenagers give when asked an obvious question.
Wisconsin�s head start in stem-cell research could be challenged by the intervention of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? ââ?¬Å?Brain drainââ?¬Â in Wisconsin, educationââ?¬â?¢s effect on the state economy and fewer graduates qualified for jobs in the technology industry were a few of the many topics covered yesterday in a public discussion with the Education Access Panel.
Critics of college rankings say universities aren’t like their sports teams. You cannot settle who is best with head-to-head competition on the playing field. But in a new paper, a group of economists and statisticians begs to differ. (10/20/04 Capital Times print edition)
College tuition rose at a somewhat slower rate this year, climbing 10.5 percent at public four-year colleges and 6 percent at private ones, a study found.
Critics of college rankings say universities aren’t like their sports teams: you cannot settle who is best with head-to-head competition on the playing field. But in a new paper, a group of economists and statisticians begs to differ
Sticker prices at the nation’s colleges and universities continued to increase this year, to an average of $5,132 for in-state students at four-year public schools and $20,082 for four-year private schools, a report released Tuesday says.
MADISON, Wis. — Nothing so far seems to have persuaded Jordan Reilly to vote on Election Day.
Not the MTV spots or the Rock the Vote concerts or Comedy Central. Not the daily voter registration drives outside the University of Wisconsin library. Not the pressure from his peers. Not the hip-hop artists who have visited. Not the issues of war, a military draft and the economy. And certainly not President Bush or Sen. John Kerry.
As parents and a former member of Congress and a former college president, we are saddened by the tragic binge-drinking deaths cited in USA TODAY’s article (ââ?¬Å?Five binge-drinking deaths ââ?¬Ë?just the tip of the iceberg’,ââ?¬Â Life, Oct. 7).
The University of Minnesota Medical School is one of a few nationally that do criminal background checks.
Robert Howard looked like an ideal candidate for medical school. His grades were good and his recommendations solid.
Fewer than one in four high school graduates who took the ACT test had taken the course work necessary to succeed in college, says a report by the company that administers the college entrance exam. The report by ACT Inc. showed that only 22% of the 1.2 million graduates who took the exam this year were ready for college courses in math, English and science.
Colleges and universities have significantly raised their spending on lobbying the federal government in recent years, as more college officials look to Washington to help pay for new programs and buildings. (Subscription required.)
In a conference room in the District’s Columbia Heights neighborhood, 44 high school seniors eager for a tuition-free college education were asked a question: “What strategies would you use to start a discussion and keep a discussion going?” (Login required.)
Quoted: James Thomson, a professor of anatomy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the first to extract human embryonic stem cells. (Login required.)
The end of Pennsylvania’s legislative session is near, and Edward J. Nolan is hustling up and down the corridors of the state Capitol, a building he probably knows better than some of its janitors do. (Subscription required.)
Should we pay for songs or just steal them? That’s a hot topic of discussion for students at the Rochester Institute of Technology –Ã? particularly at Java Wally’s, a campus coffeehouse decorated with disco balls and vintage records. (Subscription required.)
Dani Kochavi knew George Washington University was her top college choice, and she wanted GW to know it.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fewer than one in four high school graduates who took the ACT test have taken the coursework necessary to succeed in college, according to a report released Thursday by the not-for-profit company that administers the college entrance exam.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan’s freshman class had 15 percent fewer black students than last year, partly because fewer applied after the Supreme Court struck down the school’s affirmative action policy, officials said Thursday.
The Univ. of Michigan’s freshman class has 15% fewer black students than last year, partly because fewer applied after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the school’s affirmative action policy.
American high school students are no better prepared for college than they were 10 years ago, according to a new study by ACT, one of the two big organizations that offer college entrance tests.
Heading into Wednesday night’s debate, even policy wonks were scratching their heads about where the presidential candidates stand on public education.
The American Federation of Teachers is calling on universities to take new approaches to dealing with teaching assistants.
RICHMOND, Va. — George Mason University has withdrawn an invitation to filmmaker Michael Moore to speak at the Virginia campus five days before the election.
It’s about justice, Seema Kapani says of the SEED project. SEED — Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity — features seminars designed to breed diversity and inclusion in the university classroom and curriculum and beyond. (10/9/04 Capital Times)
After a year and a half of planning and fundraising, the University of Minnesota is moving forward with its plan to open a bioscience research incubator in St. Paul’s Midway area.
The greatest benefit that came up in the talks was the discussion of the relationship between the UW system and the state�s research efforts.
Four hours or so before the first presidential debate gets under way here at the University of Miami, Donna Shalala flits among the 135 students gathered in the lobby outside her second-floor office. Sporting a Miami-green jacket, the university’s president works the crowd –Ã? the lucky few chosen to attend tonight’s 90-minute debate.
A new study says hundreds of thousands of college students who may be eligible for federal financial aid don’t get it for a simple reason ââ?¬â? they don’t apply.
Bronwyn Stippa had all but made up her mind to attend new York University. A campus visit to the University of Vermont, where she’d been accepted to a new honors college, was just a favor to her parents. ” I came up and it was just mind-blowing,” she said. Vermont promised Stippa access to top professors and special courses, and a financial aid package that dwarfed NYU’s. In an effort to lure students like Stippa, public universities are developing honors colleges that advertise the cozt qualities of a liberal arts college within the walls of a university.
From the “This really should go without saying” department comes the news that education experts have determined college tuition hikes are creating financial burdens for students and their families.
As students rallied for lower tuition (Friday), an ousted former regent accused the University of Wisconsin administration of “gamesmanship” with administration numbers.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ — The American Federation of Teachers today released a report, Recognition and Respect: Standards of Good Practice in the Employment of Graduate Employees, which outlines a coordinated program to improve the financial and professional circumstances of graduate employees. The report, available at http://www.aft.org/pubs- reports/higher_ed/grad_employee_standards.pdf , offers suggestions on issues such as setting standards for compensation, establishing fair employment practices, promoting standards of professional responsibility and ensuring full rights for graduate employees in their union.
“Universities treat graduate employees like teachers and researchers when there is work to be done and as second-class citizens when it comes to compensation and fair treatment,” said AFT’s director of Higher Education Lawrence Gold. The AFT represents more college and university faculty than any other union, and was the first to organize graduate employees.
by James Edward Mills
Nancy Chen began her remarks to more than 140 female executives Thursday with information that was news to no one. “I am here to confirm what we have been talking about all day,” she said. “There is a glass ceiling and we need to take steps to get beyond it.”
Chen is the regional administrator of the Women’s Bureau, an agency designated by Congress to address the needs of working women through the U.S. Department of Labor. As one of several speakers at the second annual Women’s Executive Leadership Summit at the Fluno Center on the UW- Madison campus, Chen provided statistical and historical information on the state of working women in America. The people at the conference represented companies and institutions from across the state.
by Elizabeth Wachowski
UW-Madison students Stefanie Resnick and Diane Ganev were already 12 hours into an all-night cram session at 3 a.m. Thursday.
Armed with laptop computers, a mass of papers and bags of snacks, they didn’t plan to leave College Library until morning classes.
The House unanimously passed a bill yesterday to close loopholes that allow student loan companies to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies, and the Senate was expected to do the same as early as today.
Days before the two presidential debates that are expected to focus on domestic policy, six major higher-education associations have sent a joint letter to the campaigns of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, urging them to speak about key areas where the federal government could play a role in strengthening the nation’s colleges.
This month has been deadly for binge-drinking college students. Five underclassmen in four states appear to have drunk themselves to death, police say, after friends sent their pals to bed assuming that they would ââ?¬Å?sleep it off.”
WASHINGTON — The price of public university tuition is rapidly outpacing inflation and increases in family income, a panel of education experts told a higher education forum on Tuesday. (Capital Times/Medill News Service)
While the Internet-class-intensive University of Phoenix�s facilities may consist of old movie theaters and vacated business buildings, with billboards and other advertisements carpeting the country, it has become the nation�s most successful for-profit university.
Colleges have started the fall term amid widely shared concerns that more-restrictive visa policies, adopted in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks, may be dissuading talented foreign students from applying to study in the United States. (Subscription required.)
When Elena Casacuberta returned to Spain last Christmas, she planned on staying for just a few weeks. A postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she had renewed her work visa three times since coming to the United States in 2000, and assumed she would have no problems the fourth time around. (Subscription required.)
The University of Wisconsin at Madison, $1.244-billion as of August 31 (increase of $13.6-million in the last month); the goal is $1.5-billion by 2007
Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? Wisconsin could lose its carefully established position as a nexus for research and development in the Midwest if more money is not channeled into academic and other research institutions, according to a new report.
Chalkboard dust has officials at the University of Minnesota and other colleges and universities gradually replacing blackboards with a cleaner alternative: markers and whiteboards. Although some faculty members have voiced dismay over the switch, Steve Fitzgerald, director of classroom management at the university’s Twin Cities campus, says rooms with chalk dust cost more to clean, and electronic equipment in classes with blackboards has to be cleaned twice as often. About 60% of the university’s 300 classrooms still have blackboards, but the percentage will drop as buildings are renovated, Fitzgerald says.
