Category: Higher Education/System

They will be reviewing practices and criteria for in-person instruction.

The UW System is now offering free applications for anyone applying to any of its two-year campuses, but only during an 11-day period this summer.

The financial blow for colleges has been substantial, as institutions refund students for room and board and some of tuition, and take on new expenses of shift their courses online. The University of Michigan said on Monday that it expects losses of up to $1 billion through year-end, while The University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison both predict losses of about $100 million.

“We never could have imagined the disruption this pandemic has caused our students and faculty,” said UW System President Ray Cross. “Nevertheless, our new online learning system has allowed us to continue providing the education students need and expect at the time we most need it.”

Chancellor Bernie Patterson said in a message to faculty and staff Wednesday that the university is expected to lose as much as $13.5 million through this August, forcing the school to cut costs where it can.

Seven University of Wisconsin System campuses have announced initial furlough plans for employees to address unprecedented budget shortfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Details vary by campus and range from intermittent furloughs for faculty to several months of consecutive, unpaid leave for staff unable to work remotely.

Losses come after long-standing declines in funding, campus closures forced by COVID-19.

The administrative arm of the University of Wisconsin System has announced it will furlough all of its 588 employees. Each worker will be required to take one unpaid day off per month from this May through June 2021.

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has approved a policy change that could lead to furloughs for 39,000 employees at the state’s 13 universities and branch campuses.

Cross said UW System projects $168 million in emergency costs.

Regents President Drew Petersen said furloughs will likely be implemented on a rolling basis across groups of schools.

“We know this is a challenging time for our high school seniors,” said UW System President Ray Cross said in a news release issued Monday morning.  “We want to do everything we can to ensure that students who want to enroll in our universities this fall can enroll.”

The University of Wisconsin plans is making some big changes to its admissions process to make it easier to apply for high school seniors whose final semester was upset by the coronavirus pandemic.

The University of Wisconsin System is expecting to lose nearly $170 million in revenue this spring due to the new coronavirus. The projection includes housing and dining fee refunds along with losses from college sports revenues after every university and branch campus closed in April to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The University of Wisconsin System released initial estimates on the cost of the coronavirus pandemic Sunday: $168 million across the state’s 13 campuses as of April 10.

Marquette University leaders announced Wednesday that the campus will furlough some 250 people after April 17, a temporary leave that will continue indefinitely.

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.