At least seven, and potentially up to 10, students or employees at UW-Whitewater claim they were sexually harassed by Alan “Pete” Hill, husband of former chancellor Beverly Kopper, according to records from a University of Wisconsin System investigation completed in mid-December and released Friday.
The few hundred unionized workers who tend to aging buildings at UW-Madison and other University of Wisconsin campuses are frustrated, finding themselves once again in a long, drawn-out negotiation fighting for a 2% inflationary raise.
An art installation at University of Wisconsin Platteville Baraboo Sauk County is challenging stigmas surrounding sexual assault.
While most states re-invested in higher education after Great Recession, Wisconsin did not follow suit.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank has spoken out multiple times about the state’s lack of taxpayer funding and the “challenges” it poses. “The first challenge was a set of budget cuts that reduced our state funding by almost $90 million,” Blank said, referencing the 2015-’17 budget cuts. “About $50 million of those cuts was absorbed by units around the university. It was not an easy task but I think these were implemented in a way that minimized their effects as much as possible. The remaining state cuts were offset by expansion in other revenue sources.”
On Monday, Chancellor Joe Gow announced the formation of a Joint Committee on Free Speech Promotion, a group of students and staff members that will organize events during National Free Speech Week and issue “recommendations regarding matters of importance to our campus community,” a release said.
Former U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan is joining the University of Notre Dame faculty and will be a guest lecturer in political science and economics.
Developed in response to large deficit, plan received major backlash from faculty, students.
After more than a year of deliberation, UW-Stevens Point humanities majors will be saved from potential cuts — but at a cost.
For the second time in three years, the UW-Whitewater Warhawks are searching for a director of intercollegiate athletics. Current A.D. Todd Garzarelli has accepted the same position at Indiana University Pennsylvania.
University officials said Wednesday they will retain majors in French, German, history, geography, geoscience and two art concentrations.
A little over a year after proposing to eliminate 13 academic majors, UW-Stevens Point announced that no programs will be discontinued.
After putting majors like history and geography on the chopping block — and in the process drawing national attention to the future of liberal arts education — the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point announced Wednesday it was changing plans.
The UW System, which has fielded a raft of misconduct complaints at universities around the state, announced Wednesday it was joining a national coalition to prevent sexual harassment on college campuses.
The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point said Wednesday that a highly controversial plan to cut six academic programs is now off the table.
The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point said its 2018 Point Forward plan to scrap 13 majors was an opportunity to be more nimble. Faculty members, meanwhile, petitioned to remove their chancellor and provost and asked if Stevens Point could remain a true university without core liberal arts fields such as history and foreign languages.
Noted: The Chronicle caught up before the meeting with Harry Brighouse, a professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, who wrote the paper. We discussed his ideas and how they’ve been received so far. The following conversation has been edited and condensed.
UW officials say the increase could indirectly help with a key university mission–research.
Noted: The appointments include ones on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, the Public Service Commission and the Labor and Industry Review Commission.
The more high-profile members Evers removed include Scott Beightol, Walker’s pick for the UW System Board of Regents, and Ellen Nowak, who served on the Public Service Commission.
Executive order requires college campuses to protect free speech, but implementation still unclear.
UW System officials and Wisconsin’s 12 Native Nation tribes are at the beginning of an effort to increase enrollment and improve graduation rates of indigenous students.
UW-Madison is the lead institution for the master of science degree in applied biotechnology with partner institutions UW-Parkside, UW-Green Bay, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Whitewater.
System officials say the policy will mirror a similar plan the Arizona Board of Regents adopted in 2016 that guides interactions between Arizona’s public universities and that state’s tribal American Indian nations on issues such as land use, education policy and research.
Continuing a recent trend, more states are passing laws that deal with free speech rights on college campuses.
University of Wisconsin System officials say they’re starting to craft a new policy governing consultations with Wisconsin’s American Indian tribes.
The UW System Board of Regents approved a 23% increase in the salary range for the University of Wisconsin System president in a unanimous vote with no discussion at the board’s Friday meeting.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin System has created a task force to recommend ways to improve the pipeline.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Black Studies, much to the disappointment of Dr. Mayibuye Monanabela who is among the founders of the Africana Studies department at Tennessee State University. He said getting students to major in Black Studies is often difficult primarily because, outside of teaching, there are not many well-paying trades that would require such professional acumen.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a 23% increase in the pay scale for the System president, Ray Cross, effective July 1.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross says university officials will continue to push lawmakers for investment in campus buildings despite the State Building Commission rejecting $2.5 billion in state renovation projects around the state.
A growing number of students in the University of Wisconsin System say they are struggling with anxiety and depression while counseling services have increased on campuses but they haven’t kept pace with demand.
Two University of Wisconsin System regents whom Democratic Gov. Tony Evers fired last month following a court ruling returned to work Thursday, openly defying the governor and brushing aside arguments that he had legally stripped them of their jobs.
The regent Business and Finance Committee voted unanimously Thursday to set the minimum salary at $489,334 and the maximum salary at $734,000. The current minimum salary is $399,000 and the maximum is $598,500.
University of Wisconsin System Regent Scott Beightol is attending a meeting even though Gov. Tony Evers fired him last month.
The regent Business and Finance Committee voted unanimously Thursday to set the minimum salary at $489,334 and the maximum salary at $734,000. The current minimum salary is $399,000 and the maximum is $598,500.
A growing number of students in the University of Wisconsin System say they are struggling with anxiety and depression while counseling services have increased on campuses but they haven’t kept pace with demand.
University of Wisconsin System Regent Scott Beightol attended a meeting Thursday even though Gov. Tony Evers fired him last month.
When the State Building Commission did not recommend a single project of the 80 outlined in Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, the public asked what the future of education would look like.
Major UW System projects include a new UW-Milwaukee chemistry building, phase two of a construction project on a UW-La Crosse science center and System-wide renovations and technology upgrades as well as utility improvements.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank released a statement that highlighted the merit of the University of Wisconsin System as a whole, but also focused on UW-Madison’s position as a land grant university Wednesday in response to the nationwide college admissions scandal.
The president of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is siding with Republican lawmakers in one disagreement of their ongoing legal fight with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
The UW Board of Regents says it plans to seat a pair of Walker appointees, despite the fact that Governor Evers fired them.
System officials are proposing setting the minimum salary at $489,334 and the maximum salary at $734,000. The current minimum salary is $399,000 and the maximum is $598,500.
Two members serving on the board overseeing University of Wisconsin campuses, along with 13 others, are caught in legal limbo, as Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican lawmakers remain locked in a political battle over recent appointments to public boards.
Noted: Some examples of campus-based convenings that I know about are ASU’s ShapingEDU, the Distance Teaching & Learning Conference at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the Digital Pedagogy Lab at the University of Mary Washington.
Fifteen people are caught in the middle of a legal and political war between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican-controlled Legislature.
UW-Madison students are signing up in record numbers to study computer science, elevating the program to be the most popular undergraduate major on campus in each of the last two years.
In a raucous performance-inspired protest, students at Beloit College on Wednesday shut down a planned speech by Erik Prince, an associate of President Trump and the controversial founder of the security company Blackwater.
However, 15 people were not reappointed, including Scott Beightol, former Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s pick for the UW System Board of Regents.
The University of Wisconsin System announced an expansion in student advising services to ensure student success for underrepresented students of color, first-generation students and low-income students.
The college admissions scandal which broke earlier this month — federal prosecutors on March 12 charged 50 people with taking part in a scheme where unqualified students were admitted to prestigious universities, allegedly because their parents paid bribes and the students cheated on standardized tests — angers us because it seems unfair, other students’ hard work and ability taking second place to Mommy and Daddy’s bank balance.
More than 120 University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni, students, and friends, from across the country gathered in Washington, DC, to let their voices be heard as part of the third annual UW–Madison Day.
But each location brings different issues. Katherine Bowie, another past president and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, raised the question of whether AAS will need to warn members planning on participating in the Bangkok conference that they cannot criticize the monarchy, which is a criminal offense in Thailand punishable by jail time.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on last Thursday, aiming to enforce the right of free speech and “free inquiry” across campuses nationwide. … Since its signing, the order has prompted UW System administration to have discussions about the government’s role in policing speech on campuses.
Evers rescinded the appointments after Dane County Judge Richard Niess struck down the lame duck laws and vacated the appointments, which include a University of Wisconsin System regent and the chairwoman of the Public Service Commission.
Quoted: “When I started business school, I expected to be supplied with formulas and ample information to always make the right decision,” admits the University of Wisconsin’s Anders Larsen. “In reality, I learned that business is messy, and you never have all the information you want to make a decision. You learn to make decisions based off what information you have; and you learn when that information is enough or when you need to find more.”
A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee lecturer and researcher is facing child pornography charges.
Evers told the state Senate Friday he has withdrawn those appointments and will fill them with his own picks. The posts include a University of Wisconsin System Regent, Scott Beightol, and commissioner of the state Public Service Commission, Ellen Nowak.
Seventy-five Badgers — more than any other U.S. university — are currently serving a 27-month stint in developing countries promoting peace through community integration.
