Dropping enrollment and an ongoing budget deficit has limited UW-Stevens Point’s ability to grow. To combat this, Chancellor Bernie Patterson proposed for year-round class schedules to support 3-year degrees and expanding popular majors.
A former UW-Whitewater chancellor who resigned in December will be paid about $161,840 through August to create class syllabi, read assigned texts, develop assignments, and learn relevant classroom technologies as she transitions to a full teaching schedule in the fall.
University of Wisconsin System officials say graduation numbers are up from 10 years ago, and that the number of graduates of color has more than doubled in that period.
Across the 13 UW System institutions, infrastructure improvements need to be made both internally and externally.
A large portion of the budget was dedicated to renovations, repair and replacement of facilities across the campuses. Much of the UW System’s 62 million square foot building area was built in the latter-half of the 20th century with little upgrades since its establishment.
University of Wisconsin System regents Friday approved raising graduate tuition at eight schools and out-of-state undergraduate tuition at six schools.
The University of Wisconsin System has seen a spike in graduation numbers from 10 years ago, and the number of graduates of color more than doubled in that period, according to officials.
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is looking to add hundreds of students in some of its most high-demand programs. It’s also looking to pilot a 3-year degree.
When it comes to funding for facilities operations and maintenance, the University of Wisconsin-Madison lags behind other universities. The Board of Regents got briefed on the state of the system’s flagship campus during a board meeting this week.
University of Wisconsin System regents have approved raising graduate tuition at eight schools and out-of-state undergraduate tuition at six schools.
The elevators in UW-Milwaukee’s student union frequently break down, leading to multi-day or even multi-week failures in one of the university’s busiest buildings that brings more than 20,000 people through it on a single weekday.
This year’s recipients are Dennis K. Beale Jr. — the assistant director of Blugold Beginnings program at UW-Eau Claire — the Food Center and Pantry at UW-Milwaukee and Titan Advantage Program at UW-Oshkosh.
A record number of students graduated from UW System institutions in 2017-18 academic year, according to numbers released by the system’s innovative Accountability Dashboard.
The University of Wisconsin System is touting a record number of graduates in the latest academic year.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents are set to consider changes to football coach Paul Chryst’s contract this week.
The number of students of color graduating from University of Wisconsin System campuses increased 75 percent over the past decade, reaching a record of 4,919 graduates in the 2017-18 academic year, according to UW System figures released Wednesday.
Resident graduate students at the eight schools — Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Stevens Point, Stout and Whitewater — will have a maximum increase of less than $200 in tuition prices. UW-Green Bay will have the largest increase, hiking up from $7,793 to $7,996.
The University of Wisconsin System has narrowly rejected an application for what would have been the third charter school in Madison not authorized by the Madison School District.
Nonresident graduation tuition would go up at Eau Claire, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Parkside, Stevens Point, Stout and Whitewater. Green Bay would see the largest jump, from $17,106 to $17,551.
A week after UW-Madison professor Kenneth Mayer came under fire for accusations of bias against President Donald Trump in his course syllabus, questions about changing views on freedom of expression on campus remain.
Competitions will take place at five UW System campuses — Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, Platteville and Rice Lake.
Classes were also canceled at major universities, including the University of Chicago, Northwestern, University of Wisconsin – Madison and the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.
The cold prompted several major Midwest universities to close, including the University of Notre Dame, the University of Minnesota, the University of North Dakota, the University of Wisconsin, the University of South Dakota and Iowa State University.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers began his State of the State address with a blunt statement about the disconnection between Wisconsin’s historic commitment to doing big things and the state’s diminished circumstance after too many years in which irresponsible Republicans — and some neglectful Democrats — have stood in the way of addressing fundamental issues.
As of 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, all four-year universities in the University of Wisconsin System had canceled classes, events and campus activities due to the severe cold.
Other state institutions closing campuses late Tuesday and throughout Wednesday include the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Minnesota, the University of North Dakota, the University of South Dakota and Iowa State University. The University of Michigan said it will make its decision later today.
Hundreds of public schools are closed from North Dakota to Michigan. The universities closing their campuses include the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Minnesota, the University of North Dakota, the University of South Dakota and Iowa State University.
In a follow-up email, Hora, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, offered a bit more context. He noted that the these “internships” were part of a two-week program of educational lectures in the mornings followed by workplace observations in the afternoons.
Hoff is helping to give more people a glimpse into the farming experience with “The Lands We Share,” a collaboration of faculty and students at four UW campuses — Whitewater, Oshkosh, Milwaukee and Madison.
The University of Wisconsin System will use federal money to pay off bank loans taken out by the UW-Oshkosh Foundation, according to agreements released Friday.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student whose Facebook post alleging liberal bias by a political science professor went viral this week said that after attending two lectures, she doesn’t think the class will be slanted.
The UW System used money designated to administrative costs, meaning that no state taxpayer money was put towards the loans, according to UW System spokesperson, Heather LaRoi. This money comes from reimbursements for administrative spending by the system that came with federal grant activity.
The University of Wisconsin System says it will use federal dollars to pay off bank loans first taken out by UW-Oshkosh’s private foundation. Meanwhile, an outspoken critic of the UW System’s handling of the situation says the deal still leaves taxpayers footing the bill.
A board has a responsibility to a university, one that can be corrupted when political ideologies are introduced, Harris said. “That fundamentally damages a university, and that can take generations to recover from,” he said. He pointed to the damage that politics have done to the University of Wisconsin system as an example.
The University of California at Berkeley has removed a Huawei video-conferencing system, a university official said, while the UC campus in Irvine is working to replace five pieces of Chinese-made audio-video equipment. Other schools, such as the University of Wisconsin, are in the process of reviewing their suppliers.
Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, leveled the criticism Wednesday in a letter to UW-Madison professor Kenneth Mayer, who is teaching “The American Presidency” this semester. The first lecture took place Tuesday.
Students from 196 high schools throughout Wisconsin were required to take remedial math or English within the UW System in their freshman year. Thousands of students that are taking these classes are coming into college unprepared, according to a UW System report from fall 2017.
Helmed by Valerie Landowski, a UW-Stevens Point graduate, the Reclaim Our UW scholarship offers $1,000 to a UW-Stevens Point faculty member and $250 for two students pursuing degrees in the 13 affected majors.
Nearly three-fourths of the emails sent to the UW-La Crosse chancellor in the month after a porn star spoke to students as part of the university’s Free Speech week expressed support for the chancellor’s speaker selection.
The woman who found Jayme Closs while walking her dog yesterday is a former social worker and current academic advisor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Kasey Buckles of the University of Notre Dame (and one of the mentors) recently reviewed the evidence on what increases the share of women in an economics department. She highlighted a randomised control trial at the University of Wisconsin-Madison which found that workshops on gender bias for faculty responsible for hiring raised the share of women among new hires by 18 percentage points.
Among the crush of solicitations from nonprofits we’ve come to expect in our inboxes during the holiday season, one stood out in particular to Rachel Fishman this year.“Keep Our Rankings High” read the subject line of the email from her alma mater, the University of Wisconsin.
A 2-year-old collaboration aimed at increasing the number of Milwaukee Public Schools students who graduate from college has made incremental progress on at least some of its goals, including increasing MPS’ graduation rate and the percentage of students who apply for financial aid.
The ongoing federal shutdown is already creating headaches for scientists by hindering research planning and putting an abrupt halt to travel for some academics. But its worst effects will materialize in the coming weeks, should a stalemate between the White House, Republicans and congressional Democrats continue, researchers and university leaders said.
Noted: While some donations can be used at a university’s discretion, many are given as part of an agreed-to plan. As one example, the University of Wisconsin-Madison landed a $100 million investment — one of its largest gifts ever — from electronics maker Foxconn. It calls for the creation of an interdisciplinary research initiative based about 100 miles from Madison, near the future home of a Foxconn plant. UW-Madison must match Foxconn’s gift to be assured the full amount from the company.
Jerlando F.L. Jackson, a professor of higher education at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, remembers when he was a candidate. “I was choosing between here and another place in a very large city,” he said. “I was put in a hotel that had no elevator. Here I am lugging all my luggage up three flights. And it was a very small room.”
A school that would largely rely on students for its design is seeking to become an independent Madison charter school authorized by the University of Wisconsin System.
A UW-Oshkosh professor recently sued her university and the UW System Board of Regents to prevent them from releasing to the Wisconsin State Journal records relating to an investigation of alleged plagiarism by the professor.
The former Wisconsin School of Business dean who served one semester and then resigned amid a plan to discontinue the Master of Business Administration program will head the management school of Massachusetts’ flagship school.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and the University of Oshkosh Foundation have come to an agreement to stave off bankruptcy for the non-profit. When the deal is finalized in the coming months, the foundation will look to merge with another foundation on campus.
Noted: Fundamental changes made to the language describing the Wisconsin Idea in the University of Wisconsin System’s mission statement were the result of a “drafting error.”
In fact, Walker’s administration had insisted to UW System officials on making the changes, giving detailed instructions on passages to be removed from state law. And eventually Walker himself acknowledged that the UW System had objected to the changes before his budget was put into final form.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin System in 2016 prohibited faculty from dating any student, graduate or undergraduate, if there was even the potential for an advisory or supervisory relationship. As is common at many universities, a pre-existing relationship between faculty and student, where one or the other later joins the UW System community, must be disclosed.
Anne Massey resigned as UW School of Business dean in December 2017, reportedly due to differences with UW-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank over the direction of the business school.
It’s not often that folks in Madison pay attention to the happenings in Stevens Point, but this past month was different. Just 109.5 miles north of Madison, the leaders of the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point made seismic waves that registered an 8.2 on the higher education Richter Scale. The aftershocks were surely felt on the Madison campus.
Noted: New Jersey isn’t alone. Food insecurity is a problem on college campuses across the country. Nationally, more than a third of university students and 42 percent of community college students reported food insecurity over a 30-day period, according to an April report from the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, a group of researchers based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The survey included responses from more than 43,000 students at 66 higher education institutions.
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and its private foundation have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement as part of the foundation’s ongoing bankruptcy case.
The University of Wisconsin System announced Friday an outsider as interim UW-Whitewater chancellor, along with a five-month process for hiring a replacement under a policy adopted last year that could allow someone from the private sector to take the reins for the first time.
The UW System Board of Regents has settled with the UW-Oshkosh Foundation in a $6.3 million agreement as part of the foundation’s ongoing bankruptcy case.
The welcoming of system-wide restructuring this past summer meant saying goodbye to nearly a quarter of UW-Extension employees, resulting in the largest turnover rate since 2011.
The tragedy, then, is not just that a campus of the University of Wisconsin would drop the history major but that the custodians of history in the 21st century lost the ability to teach and write about history in a way that sustains a hallowed 2,500-year tradition.
