From Matthew T. Hora, assistant professor of adult and higher education: As a researcher engaged in a national study of internships and their relationship to student success, I’ve come to the conclusion that we need to proceed with caution when advocating for the widespread adoption of internships
A group of lawmakers is introducing a bill that would allow American Indians from anywhere in the United States to pay resident tuition at University of Wisconsin System schools.
UW-Oshkosh will end its partnership with Reach Counseling — the service that has provided the campus with sexual violence and assault support for more than 15 years.
UWL Chancellor Joe Gow announced the $2.1 million gift from the Menard family at the Community Council meeting.
“This kind of racist slur is simply antithetical to who we are as a university that values equity, diversity, and inclusion.”
Madison College won’t know until later in the autumn what the most accurate enrollment numbers are. But Ahedo said they estimated and planned for enrollment to be around 1,500 students, but early estimates show the campus is surpassing that number significantly.
About 80 miles separate Wisconsin’s two public research universities, but the background and prospects of students at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee present one of the starkest disparities in the country, according to a new report.
When Lori Reesor started in the summer of 2018 as the University of Wisconsin’s new vice chancellor for student affairs, she wasted no time re-evaluating the campus’s relationship with Greek Life.The weekend before her first day, a video showing a television dropped from the Kappa Sigma house and barely missing a female student went viral. Not even one week in and Reesor had her first fraternity scandal.
A legislative proposal pending in the Wisconsin Legislature is far from a light touch. It requires University of Wisconsin system colleges to adopt certain rules on free speech, including suspending for at least a semester students who have twice been found responsible for “interfering with the expressive rights of others.” Students who violate free speech policies three times must be expelled.
Meanwhile, bills are proliferating across Republican-controlled states such as Wisconsin requiring universities to expel students engaging in “disruptive” protests, which could potentially include anything from loud clapping to walkouts, according to the ACLU. Also in Wisconsin, a Republican lawmaker threatened to cut the University of Wisconsin’s budget over an “obscene” reading assignment aimed at exploring how sexual preferences can lead to racial segregation in the gay community.
A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse professor has been placed on leave and removed for now as a department chair in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations from a student.
The number of administrators working within the University of Wisconsin System grew between 2014 and 2017 amid a statewide decline in the number of faculty.
What’s clear is that Americans are wrong about student debt—both in how much students borrow and how large the cumulative, outstanding portfolio of student loans is.
It’s 1 p.m. and students gather in long lines as they wait to enter the lecture hall, a spacious wood-adorned auditorium at the top of Henry Mall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It’s a charismatic octagonal space that is 116 years old and the largest lecture hall on campus.
A new report says the University of Wisconsin’s flagship Madison campus is among the most affordable public universities in the country. We’ll talk to a reporter about the report and what it says about the UW system.
A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student Wednesday accused an unidentified art professor at the school of inappropriate conduct while she was a freshman in a public Facebook postmaking its way around the social media site.
The bump in rank comes after several years of slight drops. The university fell out of the top 10 public schools two years ago to No. 12 and dropped down to the No. 15 spot last year.
Guest column: Gov. Evers has done an about-face by reestablishing the Educational Approval Board. Prior to Walker’s administration, Wisconsin had been a national model for regulating predator colleges.
Kopper’s Dec. 31 resignation from the chancellor position occurred months after her husband, Alan “Pete” Hill, was barred from campus following sexual harassment allegations.
A new study of public state flagship universities shows that the University of Wisconsin-Madison is among the top of its peers in terms of affordability but enrolls fewer students receiving low-income federal grants than most others.
Beverly Kopper resigned Dec. 31 after allegations of her husband’s sexual harassment surfaced last fall. The University of Wisconsin System agreed to pay Kopper at her chancellor’s salary over an eight-month period this year — about $162,000 — as she prepared to return to a full teaching schedule this semester at a reduced salary.
Two top administrators with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville will accompany Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on his first-ever international trade mission trip to Japan.
n November 2016, around 15 students protested conservative media personality Ben Shapiro’s on-campus lecture. Now, the UW System policy that states students who disrupt campus speech three times will be expelled could become state law.
Ultimately, the UW Board of Regents deserves great credit for crafting this campus free speech policy and taking, head-on, the unique and growing threats to civil discourse on today’s college campuses. With the above modifications, Wisconsin students and taxpayers can be assured that UW campuses will remain incubators of ideas, forums for debate, and truly “safe” for speakers of all points of view.
The system announced Thursday that Cross picked Sheryl Van Gruensven as interim chancellor. Van Gruensven currently serves as UW-Green Bay’s vice chancellor for business and finance. She’s also the co-founder and co-leader of UW-Green Bay’s Women’s Leadership group.
She will replace Chancellor Gary Miller effective Oct. 1. Miller is resigning to become president of the University of Akron in Ohio.
Following public outcry, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee has removed an advertisement featuring an African American woman with crime-scene tape wrapped around her neck.
Quoted: “Each institution determines minimum full-time enrollment requirements. This is what is also known as a full course load requirement for international students,” says Roopa Rawjee, international student services director and assistant dean of students at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.
While UW-Madison’s teacher education program has a large market share among the state’s preparatory programs due to its size, the number of students earning teaching degrees declined by 25 percent between 2010 and 2016, according to data compiled in a 2018 paper by researchers at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has apologized for an ad that depicts a black criminal justice student with crime scene tape wrapped around her neck.
Noted: A coastal economic specialist, Harrison has worked at other universities that have paid parental leave programs, including The Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Other elements of the campaign include specific outreach to University of Wisconsin System schools alumni and military veterans. Those initiatives, which include print advertising in alumni magazines and face-to-face outreach at military bases, are also expected to continue.
Noted: Friday’s announcement included the creation of a “PFAS Coordinating Council” that officials say will allow the DNR to target high-priority problem areas and better collaborate with other agencies such as the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and the University of Wisconsin System.
UW-Madison housing prohibits pets other than fish in a 20-gallon tank or smaller, according to university housing spokesman Brendon Dybdahl. Approved emotional support or service animals are also allowed.
Across the state and the nation, colleges and universities are trying a variety of ways to ease the burden of hunting for expensive books. Some have built up rental libraries; some have contracts with book companies; some offer reduced rates for access to online coursework.
President Trump has questioned the value of community colleges and suggested universities “restrict free thought.” Survey results in 2017 suggested typical conservatives have begun to share his dim view of higher ed. In a Pew survey, only 36 percent of Republican and GOP-leaning respondents said higher education had a positive effect on the direction of the country — a steep drop-off from responses only two years before.
The Marquette University Police Department will issue citations, with a fine of $86.20, for riding scooters on public sidewalks — enforcing an existing Milwaukee municipal ordinance.
Letter to the editor: A commonsense solution that may honor the intent of the authors of this legislation, while simultaneously guaranteeing complete participation by all students in campus referendums, would be to include a campus-wide balloting initiative as part of the required enrollment process for classes each semester.
Last year, Wisconsin’s flagship school, UW-Madison, announced the creation of Bucky’s Promise. The program guarantees free tuition to lower-income students. But one WUWM Beats Me listener wonders why Madison, and not other Wisconsin schools?
UW system student groups say bill is not necessary given pre-existing UW policy.
Foxconn announced a partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison last year, pledging to provide a matching gift of up to a $100 million to help fund a new building for the College of Engineering. It’s unclear if any progress has been made on that deal.
Student groups at University of Wisconsin schools say legislation protecting free speech isn’t needed because a 2017 Board of Regents policy already does that.
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor Gary Miller is leaving to take over as president at the University of Akron.
A few dozen people attended a hearing Tuesday afternoon on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus that was intended as a place for people to share their thoughts on a proposed policy that would impose strict punishments, including expulsion and suspension, on people who disrupt others’ free speech.
The measure died in the Senate but UW regents adopted the sanctions as policy in October. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, Sen. Chris Kapenga and Reps. Cody Horlacher and Dave Murphy re-introduced the bill Tuesday. Passage would cement the sanctions in statute.
Flanagan, 49, will remain president until the end of August, and will advise Edgewood College through the end of 2019 to help ensure a smooth transition. Mary Ellen Gevelinger, a tenured faculty member at Edgewood, will serve as interim president.
Republican legislators are re-introducing a bill that would punish students who interfere with campus speeches and presentations with suspension and expulsion.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is launching one of the country’s only online Jewish Studies curriculum — and the first at a public university — expanding the school’s remote education footprint and tapping into a niche international market for students.
Morrobel-Sosa is currently the president and founder of The Micaela Group, which assists universities in improving student success, closing achievement gaps, and strategic planning, including diversifying students and faculty in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Over 32,600 students are enrolled at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where the annual tuition varies drastically for in-state versus out-of-state residents. Just under half of students (46%) take on loans, at an average of $5,446 per borrower.
The bill has yet to be proposed in the Legislature. Murphy’s office said the bill has gathered bipartisan support since it started circulating the Legislature for sponsorship, with Reps. Samantha Kerkman, R-Salem; Mary Felzkowski, R-Irma; Timothy Ramthun, R-Campbellsport; and Shannon Zimmerman, R-River Falls; and Sens. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee; and Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville signing on.
University of Wisconsin System officials are looking to funnel some $43 million to campuses based on how well they hit certain performance metrics, a funding plan that still needs approval from the Legislature’s budget committee before the money can be released.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee announced a $1 million gift Wednesday from former Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig and his wife, Sue, the latest of several high-profile investments by big names in UWM and the UW System.
It’s unclear how widespread the scheme reaches, but Pro Publica reported that students involved have been accepted to schools including the University of Missouri, the University of Wisconsin and Indiana University. Those schools said they’re looking into the issue.
A statement from the University of Wisconsin said it will review all cases of legal guardianship to verify “genuine financial need.”
A spokeswoman for the University of Wisconsin-Madison said the university may review and adjust its financial aid award at any point if evidence emerges that a student is actually receiving parental or other financial support not reported on the FAFSA.
They’re getting rid of traditional gender rules when pairing roommates and a new rainbow living community will debut.
Republican state legislators are recommending substantial changes to voting requirements for costly new facilities on University of Wisconsin System campuses.
Democratic lawmakers on Friday released a package of University of Wisconsin System bills that reflect many of the same priorities of campus leaders.
Noted: First, she talks with professor Nicholas Hillman, an expert in higher education finance and a faculty affiliate of the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education(WISCAPE), to get a full picture of the cost of attendance, the generational divide when it comes to college, proposed solutions at the university and federal levels, and the importance of higher education for aspiring students.
