“Beverly Kopper worked really hard trying to unite UW Whitewater with Rock County,” said Blackhawk Community Credit Union CEO Sherri Stumpf. “It only made sense to marry the two up and include UW-Whitewater in our reflections plaza.”
Hundreds of colleges and universities have capitalized on demographic trends in the new century to establish a burgeoning sector of higher education known as Hispanic-serving institutions.
A state senator and longtime vocal critic of the University of Wisconsin System on Monday night labeled the exit agreement UW-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper accepted before resigning her chancellorship “a taxpayer-funded scam.”
Beverly Kopper will resign as UW-Whitewater chancellor effective Dec. 31 after allegations that her husband sexually harassed female staff members sparked calls for her ouster this past fall.
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chief academic officer for the past five years will leave the university at the end of the academic year to become president of the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y.
Column by Neil Kraus, professor and chair of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls political science department
A refusal by the University of Wisconsin System to release records related to two charter schools not authorized by the Madison School District is again revealing tensions between the district and the Republican-created body that approved the schools earlier this year.
Learning the sport turned out to be a perfect study break for Zaemisch and fellow stressed-out UW-La Crosse students heading into finals that start Saturday. Students signed up for group lesson slots at the Mitchell Hall pool last week.
or many years, wisconsin had one of the finest public-university systems in the country. It was built on an idea: that the university’s influence should not end at the campus’s borders, that professors—and the students they taught—should “search for truth” to help state legislators write laws, aid the community with technical skills, and generally improve the quality of life across the state.
For many years, wisconsin had one of the finest public-university systems in the country. It was built on an idea: that the university’s influence should not end at the campus’s borders, that professors—and the students they taught—should “search for truth” to help state legislators write laws, aid the community with technical skills, and generally improve the quality of life across the state.
Many colleges and universities were caught by surprise when frustration among rural Americans spilled over into national politics during the 2016 election. That, in addition to steady declines in enrollment, has pushed some schools to pay more attention to rural students — and to recognize that these students need at least as much help navigating the college experience as low-income, first-generation racial and ethnic minorities from inner cities.
With UW Colleges, Extension going through transitional period, funding for student services has become concerning.
The University of Wisconsin system’s governing board has denied a performance raise to its longest-serving chancellor, Joe Gow, who leads the La Crosse campus, following a controversy over Gow’s decision to host a porn star’s speech on the campus, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
A member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents who often voted alone or in the minority on controversial political issues arrived at Thursday’s meeting on the UW-La Crosse campus as the guy everyone wanted to embrace.
The chancellor who hosted the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents on his campus this week has been denied a $25,600 performance raise after his reprimand for inviting a porn star to speak to students during free speech week a month ago.
Tuition for graduate students and out-of-state undergrads at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is headed up again under a plan the UW System Board of Regents approved Friday.
University of Wisconsin System schools made their pitch to the Board of Regents this week at the UW-La Crosse. One topic discussed, focuses on more money in return for increased emphasis on helping students better prepare for successful careers in high demand fields.
Tuition for 2019-20 academic year set to increase $810, $828 in academic year 2020-21.
The Board of Regents approved lucrative raises for 10 of the 13 chancellors during a closed meeting Thursday at UW-La Crosse, saying the chancellors’ salaries must remain competitive to ensure quality leaders stay in their jobs.
Nearly a quarter of UW-Extension faculty left in the 2018 fiscal year, the highest rate among all campuses or divisions within the University of Wisconsin System, according to an annual faculty turnover report presented Friday to the UW Board of Regents.
The University of Wisconsin System’s governing board behind closed doors denied its longest-serving chancellor a performance raise, an action UW System President Ray Cross already warned of last month following UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow’s decision to invite a porn star to speak on campus.
The Evers standard was particularly notable last Thursday, when the state superintendent of public instruction attended his last meeting as a member of the UW Board of Regents. Gracious and good-humored, Evers acknowledged that he had often disagreed with outgoing Gov. Scott Walker’s appointees to the board and added “there’s nothing wrong with that in a democracy.”
The UW Board of Regents got an update on a plan that would cut some majors at UW-Stevens Point as the school wrestles with an $8-million budget shortfall. UWSP Chancellor Bernie Patterson and Provost Greg Summers met with the Regents’ Education Committee on Thursday in La Crosse.
The Board of Regents unanimously approved the pay plan at a meeting in La Crosse Thursday. Regents also backed an identical pay plan for UW-Madison.
Gov.-elect Tony Evers, at his last meeting as a member of the UW Board of Regents, briefly outlined a vision for higher education that has often been at odds with a board governed almost entirely by Gov. Scott Walker appointees.
The Faculty Senate voted to reject a new proposal aimed at extensive and expedited reviews of majors in the UW System Monday in an effort to send a message to system officials.
University of Wisconsin System officials say faculty turnover data highlights the need for more competitive salaries.
Chancellor Joe Gow touted record enrollment, increased diversity and a brand-new science center Thursday as the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents visited UW-La Crosse for the first time in five years.
The University of Wisconsin System will not have to pay several million dollars in UW-Oshkosh Foundation debt while the foundation’s ongoing lawsuit against the university heads to mediation, a federal judge ordered Thursday.
LA CROSSE — Regents have approved a plan to increase pay for employees of the University of Wisconsin System by 3 percent each of the next two fiscal years, which includes employees at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
The appointees include naming Scott Beightol to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proposing to increase tuition for nonresident undergraduate and some professional school students
Among the appointments confirmed were Ellen Nowak for a seat on the Public Service Commission and high-profile attorney Scott Beightol for the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Nowak is a former PSC commissioner who went on to become Walker’s secretary of the Department of Administration.
With economy improving since Great Recessions and older generations retiring, UW graduates in good position for finding work.
As workforce needs continue to be flux, losing talent would mean “falling behind,” according to Cross.
Gov.-elect Tony Evers wants Gov. Scott Walker to rescind four dozen appointments approved by the state Senate Tuesday in a special legislative session called before Walker leaves office in January.
Walker selected Scott Beightol to serve until May 2023. He replaces Republican Bryan Steil, who resigned last week to focus on his first term in Congress.
The plan to raise nonresident and international undergraduate tuition by $810 and $828 over the next two academic years would generate about $16 million based on current enrollment. The raise does not apply to Minnesota students.
Gov. Scott Walker appointed two people to the governing board overseeing Wisconsin’s public universities, pending state Senate approval Tuesday.
Citing a need to better compete for talent, especially top faculty, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross announced Monday he would seek a pay plan giving 3 percent raises to all UW System employees each of the next two fiscal years, starting July 1.
Thousands of University of Wisconsin System employees would receive 3 percent annual raises over each of the next two years if lawmakers and the System’s governing board approve a plan officials released Monday.
Pay plan requests a 3 percent wage increase for all UW System employees.
Noted: Nationally, about 36 percent of university students and 42 percent of community college students indicated feeling insecure about food in the 30 days before they were surveyed, according to an April report from the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, a group of researchers based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The survey took into account responses from more than 43,000 students at 66 higher education institutions nationwide.
Republican Bryan Steil is resigning his position on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents effective immediately to focus on his first congressional term, according to a statement he released Friday.
The public has just under 60 days to tell the Department of Education what it thinks about new guidelines recently proposed by Secretary Betsy DeVos. The new changes specifically address how college campuses should handle cases of sexual assault and harassment, replacing Obama-era policies on how to implement Title IX, which bars gender discrimination in schools receiving federal funds. Critics of the new guidelines say the changes will make it harder to convict offenders because the proposed changes raise the level of proof needed.
Bryan Steil is resigning as a University of Wisconsin System regent to focus on his first congressional term.
When Madison College was considering a new textbook rental program that would significantly lower book costs for students, Tina Marshalek talked to her fellow students about what saving money on textbooks would mean to them.
Letter to the editor: University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is reprimanding UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow for retaining an adult film actress as a campus speaker. President Cross may feel like he has punched his politically correct dance card, but reality speaks otherwise.
UW-Stout’s science education program has tried to fill a persistent science teacher shortage across the state, particularly in mostly rural northwest Wisconsin. But under a proposed revision to a University of Wisconsin System policy, the program would be eliminated because it produces too few graduates — about three graduates each of the past five years, according to UW-Stout Science Education program director Kevin Mason.
University of Wisconsin System Regent Bryan Steil says he will resign as he begins his first term in Congress.
Noted: In the case of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the institution reviewed data on student participation in internships to further conversations about the definitions of internships across majors, such as who qualifies, who participates and how students connect their experiential learning to their professional development, the survey said.
Despite the backlash, Gow told reporters from The Seattle Times that he was trying to advocate for the freedom of expression. “She seemed like a person who had a life experience dramatically different than the rest of us,” Gow said.
More than 100 current and retired UW-Stevens Point faculty and staff called Thursday for the removal of the university’s top leadership in the wake of a proposal that would eliminate six academic majors and lay off faculty to reduce the university’s roughly $8 million deficit.
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor who invited a porn star to campus to talk about the adult entertainment industry as part of free speech week has been reprimanded “for exercising poor judgment.”
As their December deadline nears, the UW System is putting the final touches on a new process that would make it more difficult for known harassers to get hired.
But for many educators, this is only the beginning.“Hold on tight, there will be a fight,” said Noel Radomski, director and associate researcher at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education.
UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow received a reprimand from his boss, University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross, for inviting a former porn star to speak to students on campus earlier this semester.
One year after passing a free speech policy that campus chancellors are required to enforce, the University of Wisconsin System formally reprimanded a chancellor for inviting an adult film star to lecture during his campus’s inaugural free speech week.
The group plans to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon, where they will release a statement calling on the Wisconsin Board of Regents to “[remove] top university administrators.”
Foxconn Technology Group received 325 submissions from students, faculty and staff from Wisconsin colleges and universities for the first round of its “Smart Cities-Smart Futures” competition, according to a company announcement.
