University of Wisconsin-Parkside and federal authorities continue to investigate a phishing scam that left the local campus defrauded of more than $300,000 last month.
Since 2013 freezing tuition at the University of Wisconsin has been in place, but two Republican lawmakers said instead they want the UW Board of Regents to increase tuition and cap it each year no greater than the rate of inflation.
Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, and Sen. André Jacque, R-De Pere, are working on a bill that would ban student fee-funded building projects from moving forward without a majority of all enrolled students on campus approving the project in two consecutive referendums.
Increases in how much students pay to attend University of Wisconsin campuses would be tied to the rate of inflation under a new bill that seeks to lay the groundwork for ending a near decade-long tuition freeze.
Meanwhile, Evers reiterated his support for some state-level issues, including allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses and making undocumented students eligible for in-state tuition to attend University of Wisconsin System schools. Both initiatives were in his budget proposal, though Republican lawmakers removed them.
Republican lawmakers are introducing a proposal that would put a cap on how much the University of Wisconsin System can raise tuition for students if the tuition freeze were lifted.
One Republican state representative is championing legislation that would set up a contingency plan if Wisconsin’s freeze on in-state undergraduate tuition goes away — a move he says could alter the discussion about lifting the freeze going forward.
Two Republican lawmakers aim to restrict how much the University of Wisconsin System can increase tuition if and when the undergraduate resident tuition freeze set to enter its seventh year is lifted.
The former student, identified as A.R. in court documents, sued in October alleging UW-Oshkosh failed to take action against former art professor Michael Beitz.
The University of Wisconsin System reached a $325,000 settlement with a former student who says UW-Oshkosh violated her rights and acted “with deliberate indifference” to the sexual harassment she faced from one of her professors.
The University of Wisconsin System agreed to pay $325,000 to a former UW-Oshkosh student who alleges she was sexually harassed for years by a former professor the university and UW System Board of Regents never disciplined.
Faculty in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s departments of dairy science and animal sciences are preparing a proposal to merge, a move that aims to reorganize and revitalize the university’s historic and internationally known research divisions.
Tuition fund balances at University of Wisconsin System campuses have been reduced by an average of 53 percent since 2013, when some lawmakers condemned the accounts as “slush funds.” For UW-Stevens Point the tuition balance has decreased enough to trigger a financial recovery plan recently approved by UW System President Ray Cross.
Tuition fund balances at University of Wisconsin System campuses have been reduced by an average of 53 percent since 2013, when some lawmakers condemned the accounts as “slush funds.” For UW-Stevens Point the tuition balance has decreased enough to trigger a financial recovery plan recently approved by UW System President Ray Cross.
Leaving home for the freshman year of college in a dorm can be daunting.
The UW System is Wisconsin’s economic driver, and the best investment our taxpayers can make. We are returning $23 for every dollar invested in us.
Weeks after the state’s financial claims board denied a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee business professor’s $1 million-plus compensation complaint, a senator has proposed a bill to pay him in full with money from the UW System.
Noted: Learning Arabic opens new career opportunities, said Katrina Daly Thompson, director of the program in African Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Students who’ve graduated from UW-Madison’s African Language program have secured jobs in nonprofit and government work, said Thompson. The language is classified as a “critical need language” by the U.S. government, which means it has importance for U.S. national security.
Noted: In Wisconsin, the number of children with an ASD continues to increase each year, the agenda notes said. Currently, one in 71 children in Wisconsin has been diagnosed with an ASD, according to data cited in the notes from the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The center also called for planning for ASD services and training.
Mildred Fish Harnack was born in Milwaukee and studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she met her husband, Arvid, an economist born in Germany. The Harnacks moved to Berlin as the Great Depression took hold. Arvid took a job with the German government while Mildred taught and completed her doctorate.
The new president of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has announced an “aggressive” campaign to advocate for the 26 state-owned campuses.
The University of Wisconsin System regents have scheduled a public hearing on regulations enacting a policy that calls for suspending and expelling students who disrupt campus speeches and presentations.
Started in 2001 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Grandparents University was so successful it has since been licensed to universities including Purdue, Michigan State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Chester, Western Washington, Winona State and other branches of the University of Wisconsin.
The regents adopted the policy amid complaints from conservatives across the nation that right-leaning speakers aren’t given the same respect on campuses as liberal presenters.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is telling regents he’s disappointed with system funding in the state budget.
Students at UW-Madison will on average shell out an additional $428 in segregated fees, room and board — the highest increase for a University of Wisconsin campus in the coming school year.
The University of Wisconsin System regents have voted to increase student fees and room-and-board costs for the upcoming school year.
University of Wisconsin System officials plan to create workgroups to develop recommendations on how to better serve students with mental health needs.
Student fees would go up for every University of Wisconsin System campus under a 2019-2020 budget proposal set to be voted on by the UW Board of Regents Friday. Segregated student fees would increase by $36 dollars on average while room and board fees would increase by an average of $106 at four-year universities.
The University of Wisconsin System regents are set to increase student fees as well as room-and-board costs for the upcoming academic year.
The planned increases come as the UW System is about to enter the seventh year of a mandated tuition freeze for in-state undergraduates. Before the freeze began, student fees were about $1,100.
A UW-Platteville history project is uncovering details of Wisconsin’s history that many don’t know about.
The Board of Regents meets Thursday at UW-Madison where members will approve a budget that raises student fees an average of $36.
Caitlin Yang, 18, sat in freshman orientation at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, absorbing instructions from the academic adviser.
The budget provides less than half of what the UW asked for and what they asked for wasn’t enough to sustain the System’s capacity to educate students.
UW System President Ray Cross also issued this statement: “The budget passed by the legislature makes a significant long-term investment in our campus infrastructure that will benefit students, our faculty, and the state for years to come … I also thank Governor Evers for his steadfast commitment to the University of Wisconsin System during the budget process, and everyone who continues to advocate for a strong UW System budget.”
The $81 billion state budget the Republican-run Legislature is approving this week includes $8.8 million for research on dairy farming at UW-Madison, UW-Platteville and UW-River Falls. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is expected to — and should — issue partial vetoes to improve the Republican-proposed budget. But he should leave the Dairy Innovation Hub intact.
Noted: Their budget would give an additional $58 million to University of Wisconsin schools, about half of what Evers wanted.
The GOP budget also falls short of Evers’ proposal for the UW System. UW System campuses over the next two years would gain about $45 million under the GOP plan, about half of what Evers and System officials wanted.
Education funding: The budget includes an almost $500 million increase in K-12 investments — $900 million less than what Evers sought — and around $58 million in funding for the University of Wisconsin System, some $70 million less than what the governor wanted.
The System announced Tuesday the launch of a “15 to Finish” campaign encouraging students to take 15 credits each semester, or 30 credits each academic year.
About a third of Wisconsin’s private colleges and universities do not require standardized test scores to gain admission to their institutions, many of which dropped the requirement in recent years.
What’s most important is that we demonstrate that a four-year degree adds to your earning potential.
People associated with the University of Wisconsin System, Madison Area Technical College and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, including former UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley and former UW System President Kevin Reilly, are on the group’s advisory board.
Judith Bursytn, the chair of UW-Madison’s chemistry department and a former president of the non-profit faculty group PROFS, said universities currently face problems recruiting and retaining faculty members because their salaries aren’t competitive.
“When I think about student success, I think about undergraduate research,” said Petersen. “We’ve been a leader but we know that when students have practical experience in their field of study, they’re career ready.”
A new group is forming to push for ending a University of Wisconsin System tuition freeze and more state funding for UW-Madison.
The new president of the board overseeing Wisconsin’s public universities will likely not move to undo any major changes spearheaded by his predecessors.
Noted: Universities across the University of Wisconsin System do still require an SAT or ACT score, according to the UW admissions website, though admissions policies can vary from campus to campus.
For example, only four UW campuses — UW-Eau Claire, UW-Green Bay, UW-La Crosse and UW-Madison — require the scores come directly from the test agency. Also, some students can receive waivers if they are older than the average age or have other unusual circumstances.
Presenters will include the Department of Public Instruction, the Office of Children’s Mental Health and the UW System.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos views himself as one of the best landlords in Whitewater.
“If you are going to talk about the fact that I’m a landlord, it would be fair to say that, based on earlier news reporting, I am one of the better landlords and I have satisfied tenants,” said Vos,R-Rochester.
Some provisions in the working group’s wide-ranging plan, which it presented at a meeting of the NIH’s Advisory Committee to the Director in Bethesda, Maryland, are already proving controversial. For example, the panel recommends asking grant recipients about their conduct over the previous seven years. But panel members “weren’t able to answer how or why” they settled on a seven-year window, says Juan Pablo Ruiz, a stem-cell biologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
In the battle over the 2019-’21 state budget, faculty salaries for the University of Wisconsin System have made for their own skirmish.
The Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee on Tuesday voted to approve about $1.9 billion for state building projects, with about half earmarked for upgrades and renovations at University of Wisconsin System buildings, many of which have gone without repairs for years.
Evers’ state budget called for spending $2.5 billion on building projects, including $1.1 billion for the University of Wisconsin System.
The only instructional buildings listed in the budget not specifically used for STEM fields are Graff Main Hall at UW-La Crosse and Winther Hall at UW-Whitewater, prioritized 12th and 25th out of 25, respectively.
The Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee on Tuesday voted to approve about $1.9 billion for state building projects, with about half earmarked for upgrades and renovations at University of Wisconsin System buildings, many of which have gone without repairs for years.
Republican lawmakers Tuesday approved $1.9 billion in construction projects and building improvements across the state — with more than half being spent on University of Wisconsin System campuses, approving the vast majority of what Gov. Tony Evers wanted for colleges and universities.
The Legislature’s state budget committee voted Tuesday evening to approve $1.9 billion for state construction projects, including more than $1 billion for University of Wisconsin System projects.
The Legislature’s state budget committee voted Tuesday evening to approve $1.9 billion for state construction projects, including more than $1 billion for University of Wisconsin System projects.
