Aformer longtime University of Wisconsin System employee who was passed over for an entry-level job that a college student landed will receive $45,000 from the System.
A bill meant to alleviate teacher shortages in Wisconsin schools comes with a proposal to raise the minimum retirement age for participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System by nearly five years, a pill that may be too hard to swallow for some public employees.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents have settled an age discrimination suit alleging a 23-year-old former student intern was hired over a 53-year-old employee recently laid off after 26 years, federal court records show.
Noted: America’s education desert zones are generally less populated than those with easy access to a college, with the average population of a commuting zone desert approximately 72,100, according to a study done by Nicholas Hillman and Taylor Weichman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But not all are — 15 commuting zone deserts across the nation have populations of more than 250,000.
Column by Michael McRobbie, president of Indiana University and chair of the Association of American Universities Board of Directors.
Aaron Brower, the executive director of UW’s online program, called UW Extended Campus, said he wants to attract more adult students, and online courses offer the flexibility working adults need.
Beverly Kopper’s official retirement went into effect Jan. 5.
The plan, outlined in a letter from Watson, includes reducing operational expenses by $6 million in fiscal year 2020 and an additional $6 million in fiscal year 2021. Watson asked that all divisions take part in these base budget cuts.
UW-La Crosse released a pair of reports from the November investigation Wednesday, the second of which concluded Elgin sexually harassed student Caycee Bean in 2015, who previously made her allegations public in a September Facebook post.
UW-Platteville spokesman Paul Erickson said Thursday that six students arrived on campus Tuesday who have recently been in Wuhan, China, including two Wuhan residents.
None of the six students exhibit signs of coronavirus, but as a precaution, their temperatures are being taken on a regular basis.
University officials say that so far, the virus has not been detected in the six students it is monitoring.
Six students at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, who were all recently in Wuhan, China, epicenter for the new coronavirus, are being monitored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — though none has shown signs of the respiratory disease.
The Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities passed a bill Thursday that would enforce mandatory disciplinary sanctions for student who disrupt others’ free speech, aiming to codify UW Board of Regents policy into state law.
A member of the UW Board of Regents who was appointed by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker announced his immediate resignation Thursday.
The UW System Board of Regents is eyeing a tuition increase in the next budget biennium, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross told a legislative committee Wednesday.
The agreed upon description for the new leader of the UW System does specify a minimum of 10 years experience in a “significant senior executive position,” along with knowledge of public higher education.
Frank will assume her duties as chancellor on March 1, taking the position after Bob Meyer — who previously served as chancellor for five years — retired in August 2019. Since his departure, Patrick Guilfoile has acted as interim chancellor.
Search Committee includes no academic staff or faculty.
The University of Wisconsin System’s presidential search committee is casting a wide net for applicants in not stating a preference for candidates with a doctoral degree, opening the door for a non-academic to potentially lead the state’s public colleges.
Two former administrators of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony misconduct in connection with a financial scandal involving five building projects.
Column: As one of just over 100 Tier 1 institutions in all the U.S., UW-Milwaukee could be our state’s second driver of enterprise and innovation. The problem is UW-Milwaukee is underfunded by any reasonable metric.
The Assembly this week is slated to attempt to override Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ veto of legislation that would reduce the number of required training hours needed to become a certified nursing assistant in Wisconsin, as well as vote on raises for unionized trades employees within the University of Wisconsin System.
In the latest sign that virtually everything is politically divisive, the location of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 14 campaign rally has become something of an issue because it bears the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s name and its Panther mascot.
In recent years, colleges and universities have grappled with where to draw the line on free speech. The University of Wisconsin adopted a three-strikes policy in which any student found to have disrupted the free expressions of others would be expelled after a third infraction.
The first long-term study of a lottery-style financial aid program in Wisconsin found that the private grants helped some students graduate more quickly but did not significantly increase how many ended up earning a degree.
Most of the researchers that declared conflicts of interest work for universities. For example, the University of Wisconsin-Madison filed 1,015 disclosures since 2012 — the most of any institution.
“Your column is grumpy about the situation at the UW,” (Regent Whitburn) remarked. And while he admitted he didn’t “like the sniping that we face,” he made it clear there is still plenty to brag about the Madison campus
The Wisconsin Idea was born in 1905, when University of Wisconsin-Madison President Charles Van Hise said, “I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University reaches every family of the state.”
The next University of Wisconsin System president should have a background in academia. But some members of the UW Board of Regents, including Michael Grebe, who chairs the search committee for a new president, aren’t convinced such experience is important.
Data provided by UW-Madison earlier this month show the extent of the university’s rebound in faculty recruitment and retention in the three school years since 2015-16 when officials said budget cuts and controversial changes to tenure policies led to a decline in the number of new faculty hires and a spike in other institutions poaching UW-Madison professors.
Six years after public and political outcry over how much the University of Wisconsin System had on hand in unspent tuition money, a report released this fall shows the System has spent down more than half of its tuition balances.
Lawmakers approved a pay raise for state workers and University of Wisconsin System employees, though they again opted to scrap Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to implement a $15 minimum wage for Wisconsin employees during a Wednesday vote.
Lawmakers on a Republican-controlled legislative committee approved a state compensation plan Wednesday giving University of Wisconsin and state employees a 2% pay bump next year and in 2021.
A bipartisan legislative committee unanimously approved pay raises Wednesday for state and University of Wisconsin employees, but Republicans shot down Gov. Tony Evers’ request to raise the minimum wage for state workers to $15 an hour.
State lawmakers on Wednesday approved an $84 million compensation package that includes a 2% raise for all state employees, but a pay bump for state troopers was put off after Republicans said the raises would make the salaries unaffordable for taxpayers.
The University of Wisconsin System’s presidential search and screen committee launched an online feedback form for the public to share the qualities they’d like to see in the next UW System president. The form can be found on the System website.
Seven speakers testified Thursday at a public hearing on a Wisconsin Assembly bill that more strictly defines and sets mandatory punishments for free speech disruptions on the state’s college campuses.
The Coordinator of Student-Veteran and Military Services at UW-Whitewater has been placed on administrative leave following an altercation with a student, but the coordinator says the allegations against him are false and part of a pattern of racist and hostile behavior by students and staff.
Noted: Carl Hampton is Senior Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the University of Wisconsin System, based in Madison.
An attorney representing Joel Elgin, the former UW-La Crosse art professor accused of sexually assaulting a student, says he was ousted by that student and “her minions” despite “glowing reviews from his art students.”
Ten percent or more of registered voters in dozens of communities could be removed from the voter rolls if a lawsuit against the state succeeds.
An appellate court’s decision could minimize colleges and universities’ responsibility to provide remedies for victims of sexual misconduct on campus.
A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student who accused a professor of sexual harassment is speaking out about his recent retirement.
In hopes of reducing its 2021 budget by 7.5 percent, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will offer financial incentives to encourage faculty and staff to retire early.
An attorney representing Joel Elgin, the former UW-La Crosse art professor accused of sexually assaulting a student, says he was ousted by that student and “her minions” despite “glowing reviews from his art students.”
On the last day of classes this semester, graduate students at Harvard University went on strike over pay, benefits and the handling of harassment and discrimination complaints.
President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order focused on anti-Semitism on college campuses, drawing praise from some quarters and concerns from others about implications for free speech on campuses.
The University of Wisconsin System is expanding options for adult learners.
A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse professor who was being investigated amid sexual harassment allegations is leaving the school.
Staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison passed a resolution Monday objecting to the composition of the UW System president search and screen committee.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) filed more financial conflict of interest disclosures than any other institution, according to data published by the nonprofit news organization ProPublica.
The panel of legislative leaders is scheduled to meet Dec. 18 to act on the pay plans, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ office said Tuesday.
One job candidate was 53 with nearly three decades of marketing and communications experience with the University of Wisconsin System. Another was a 23-year-old college student with less than a year of experience and weeks to go before earning her degree.
Policy now requires UW to enroll minimum 5,200 in-state students.
This grant will go towards new initiatives including All Learning Counts, UW Extended Campus.
UW Madison Academic Staff Assembly Chair calls the move “short sighted.”
Chancellors across the University of Wisconsin System will each get 2% raises next year, totaling just over $73,800 across the 13 campus leaders.
State health officials are investigating an outbreak of a common respiratory virus that has appeared on three college campuses across Wisconsin.
Adenovirus, an infection that causes respiratory symptoms ranging from cold and flu-like symptoms to bronchitis and pneumonia, has been confirmed at the University of Wisconsin campuses in Madison, La Crosse and Oshkosh.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved 2% raises for all 13 system chancellors.
