Category: Higher Education/System

The University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, each expect losses of about $100 million, and that’s assuming campuses reopen by this fall.

Rob Cramer, University of Wisconsin System vice president for administration, estimates the state’s 13 universities and branch campuses will refund around $78 million for unused housing and dining services. He said refunds for residence halls and meal-plans aren’t uncommon, but the magnitude of refunds going back to students this spring is unprecedented.

The University of Wisconsin System regents on Thursday approved hiring Michael Alexander as UW-Green Bay’s new chancellor.

Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council Chair said shortening response times should be a priority for the university.

Committee chair says all future interviews, meetings will be virtual.

University of Wisconsin President Ray Cross says the coronavirus outbreak that’s already led to the suspension of all in-person spring classes could also force changes to the fall semester that’s scheduled to begin in August.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison declared on March 26 that the “unprecedented situation” called for a pass/fail grading option. Allowing the option means other academic policies may have to adjust, too, the school said.

Starting Aug. 1, 2020, all prospective students, including new freshmen, transfer students, international students and non-traditional students, will be able to use the EApp.

The EApp will provide reduced application fees, offer easier navigation, and allow first-time undergraduate applicants to apply to more than one UW System school using a single application.

The University of Wisconsin System is estimating its campuses will pay back nearly $80 million to students who left campuses as the coronavirus took hold in the state.

Wisconsin’s 3,000 nursing students slated to graduate this year  — and join a workforce where they are desperately needed — are in limbo as hospitals across the state canceled students’ clinical rotations, making graduation unlikely

UW Systems institutions will refund prorated charges for housing and dining for the remainder of the spring semester for students for have left their university, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross announced Thursday.

Edgewood College is moving all face-to-face classes online starting March 23 through April 6 at the earliest.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone announced on Tuesday that the university is going to extend the Spring break by a week, now running from March 15-March 29.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will be extending its spring break by one week after an employee was tested for a possible case of coronavirus.

Closing of branch schools could disproportionately affect rural counties in state, merge with larger four-year campuses.

’With the health and well-being of our campus communities being paramount, we are taking quick and decisive steps as a safeguard,’ email statement says.

Searchable database of University of Wisconsin System employee pay.

In June, the UW System will end its statewide contract to provide coal for campuses. Stout, Oshkosh, Platteville, Stevens Point and Superior campuses have upgraded their remaining coal-fired boilers to run mainly on natural gas with a fuel oil backup.

The Public Summit of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education will be hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Oct. 19 and 20.

Evers announced Thursday that he has selected Hector Colon, president and CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, to replace Gerald Whitburn.

The percentage of students graduating from Wisconsin colleges within six years has improved. While the state fared better than most other states, administrators at public and private universities in Wisconsin say they are rolling out new initiatives to further boost graduation rates and shrink disparities between students of color and their white counterparts.

Citing enrollment declines, UWM Chancellor Mark Mone this week became the latest Wisconsin university leader to send a now-familiar message: The university workforce needs to get smaller.

Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday named Héctor Colón, president and CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, the newest member of the University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents.

The percentage of students graduating from Wisconsin colleges within six years has improved. While the state fared better than most other states, administrators at public and private universities in Wisconsin say they are rolling out new initiatives to further boost graduation rates and shrink disparities between students of color and their white counterparts.

The plan came in response to projected decline in traditionally-aged UW undergraduates.

UW-Stout Chancellor Katherine Frank was unanimously approved as the eighth chancellor of the university Nov. 26. Frank took over the position from Bob Meyer, the former chancellor of five years.

Patterson announced Monday that he’ll step down in December . Patterson has served as chancellor at the school since July 2010. He drew intense criticism from faculty and students in 2018 after administrators proposed eliminating 13 programs to help cope with a $4.5 million deficit.

Chancellor Bernie Patterson will retire in December, giving the University of Wisconsin System time to search for his successor. He announced his departure Monday in an email to students, staff and faculty.

Patterson, who began serving as chancellor in 2010, will officially step down in December to allow time for the UW System to find a replacement.

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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has asked two students studying abroad in South Korea to return to the U.S. as a precaution due to the coronavirus outbreak there.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Friday waived the last of a former student’s debt and announced plans to add staff training on how to help students with residency issues.

And last year, to address the Varsity Blues scandal, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank wrote on her blog that the state’s elite flagship university didn’t consider legacy preference in admission.

The University of Wisconsin System restructured its branch campuses — its small universities that attract a large share of the state’s nontraditional students — to avoid the closures that threaten other small institutions because of enrollment decline.

The UW System’s 12 other branch campuses face a similar storm of challenges: rising costs, repeated budget cuts and a tuition freeze for 12 of the past 14 years. Mostly, though, the problem centers on enrollment, which is what Poole spent his 42-year career on campus worrying about before retiring in 2013.