Racial and socioeconomic gaps have grown at the University of Wisconsin-Madison over the last 15 years, according to a new report on disparities in access and graduation rates at Midwestern flagship universities.
Faced with steep budget cuts, several University of Wisconsin System campuses have targeted academic programs to try to save money. The Superior campus announced last year that it was suspending 25 programs, including nine majors — sociology and political science among them.
Racial and socioeconomic gaps have grown at the University of Wisconsin-Madison over the last 15 years according to a new report on disparities in access and graduation rates at Midwestern flagship universities
The goal for many students is to avoid using plastic products — ranging from straws to silverware — on a daily basis.
Attorneys for the UW-Oshkosh Foundation, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and the UW System agreed this week to a one-hour deposition of Chancellor Andrew Leavitt after foundation officials say he and/or a staff member told three donors who had pledged money to the foundation to send their donations somewhere else.
Whether the state of Wisconsin should provide insurance coverage to state employees for gender reassignment surgery has been something of a political and legal hot potato over the last two years.
With the rising number of high school graduates decreasing over the past few years and college enrollment falling, race and income proved to be the two most significant factors. What has the UW System done since then to alleviate the losses?
Funding for public education and our University of Wisconsin system was cut dramatically. Our infrastructure continued to deteriorate to the point that we ranked 49th in the nation in the quality of our roads and bridges.
In recent years, some colleges and universities have set out on the long path of addressing their historic ties to systems rooted in white supremacy, including slavery, the Confederacy, and hate groups. Against the backdrop of a resurgence in white nationalism, this work has only grown in urgency and significance. At the same time, many institutions have deepened their commitment to atoning for their past by working to build a more inclusive future.
The annual award is given to students, faculty, staff or community members that played an integral role in creating inclusive and diverse spaces not only in the UW System, but throughout the whole state.
The cost of a higher education is weighing ever more heavily on the minds of Americans. Nearly three in five people tell the Pew Research Center that “affordability of a college education” is a “very big” national problem, a jump of about 11 percent from 2016, when just one in two had the same concern.
Noted: Clifton Conrad interviewed.
We know some people are questioning the value of a higher education. But the data is indisputable: an investment in the University of Wisconsin System is an investment in Wisconsin.
The 2018 honorees include Christy Clark-Pujara, associate professor, Afro-American Studies, UW-Madison.
While things appear to be going well for UW-Madison, it’s a different story for the rest of the University of Wisconsin system. In recent years, many of the state’s UW campuses have seen declining enrollment, resulting in lost tuition revenue and creating tight budgets. Our guest says it’s time for the UW System to rethink its strategy going forward if it wants to remain sustainable well into the future.
In recent years, many of the state’s UW campuses have seen declining enrollment, resulting in lost tuition revenue and creating tight budgets. Our guest says it’s time for the UW System to rethink its strategy going forward if it wants to remain sustainable well into the future.
Faculty within UW-Oshkosh’s largest school, the College of Letters and Sciences, will face an increased teaching load in the 2019-20 academic year to reduce the need for adjunct instructors and shave about $1 million from the university’s payroll.
The university has been met with a loss of faculty and decreasing enrollment for years. Since 2010, the physics department dropped from 26 to 19 faculty members, while the economics department suffered a 26 percent loss.
Families paid 34 percent of children’s college education from 2017 to 2018, 11 percent jump from prior year.
Even though the school-age population has increased, the number of high school graduates has decreased over the past few years. UW System campuses are eager to combat this, but some feel that their efforts are not enough.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has grown tremendously over the past 60 years, from just over 6,000 students to more than 27,000.
PSLF offers the promise of loan forgiveness to nurses, teachers, first-responders and other student borrowers who work in public service for 10 years while keeping up with their loan payments. But it has been plagued by poor communication from the U.S. Department of Education and mismanaged by servicing companies the department pays to run its trillion-dollar student loan portfolio.
This Saturday, Oct. 20, 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Urban League of Greater Madison, the College Station will host College Scholarship Day in partnership with Edgewood College, UW-Madison, Madison College and the Urban League to make sure that under-served and underrepresented students have the information they need as it relates to paying for college.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Black Earth, joined 29 members of Congress Monday in writing to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to voice concerns and request further information about the program’s handling.
Communicating with families more clearly about college admissions and financial aid has become a higher priority for colleges than in the past, as more first-generation students enter college.
Madison Area Technical College is working to fight student hunger after a recent survey showed more than one-third of the student population is skipping meals because they can’t afford food.
The University of Wiscosnin-Parkside is one of those institutions, as a recent lecture series and course has focused on answering what the term “smart city” — a term frequently used by Foxconn officials — truly means. The course was discussed before Foxconn decided to host a Smart Future Summit last August on Parkside’s campus.
Another University of Wisconsin campus is dealing with declining enrollments.
In April 2014, Blum launched a series of websites calling for students to send him their stories of being rejected from Harvard, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Each site featured a photo of a pensive-looking young East Asian, along with the question “Were you denied admission? It may be because you’re the wrong race.”
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeing an increase in international graduate students, bucking the nationwide drop in international graduate students.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeing an increase in international graduate students, bucking the nationwide drop in international graduate students.
BOSTON — A trial will open here in federal court Monday to weigh accusations that Harvard University’s famously competitive undergraduate admissions system is rigged against Asian Americans, a case that could become another landmark in the nation’s long debate over affirmative action.
A group of faculty and students trying to find ways to save some liberal arts courses and programs at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point has been given more time to consider their options.
Concerns among UW-Oshkosh faculty are rising as the school plans to reduce positions.
hree years ago a survey on campus sexual assault drew national attention over its finding that one in four college-student respondents said they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, either by force or after being incapacitated by substances like drugs or alcohol.
In August, authorities in Wisconsin charged Quintez Cephus, a University of Wisconsin at Madison wide receiver, with raping two women.
UW System universities have been grappling with how to manage decreased funding for years, while still trying to offer reliable programs and ignite successful job creation. Let’s see how they’ve done.
Noted: Last year, two DDRA fellows came from Cornell, and in 2016 there were three. This year, only the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with seven, had more.
Noted: In Wisconsin, researchers have raised similar concerns by showing that schools with more low-income families tend to produce lower FAFSA completion rates. Ellie Bruecker, a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral student who studies FAFSA completion rates, said there hasn’t been much movement in Wisconsin’s numbers.
“Wisconsin’s got some work to do,” she said.
A new private foundation aims to pool financial support for student scholarships at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh by giving alumni a chance to give back.
Edgewood College’s $11,400 InTuition rate is slightly above UW-Madison’s $10,555 annual tuition for in-state undergraduates this year, and about $2,000 to $4,000 more than what smaller UW schools charge.
The enrollment rate for international graduate students at UW-Madison has risen steadily in recent years, increasing by over 5 percent in the past decade.
Getting more women into construction, that’s the goal of new pre-apprenticeship program in our area.
The UW School for Workers and Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (WDBSCW) is introducing Madison Women In Trades, a series to recruit more women into careers like electricians, carpenters and heavy equipment operators. Applications are being accepted now and the program is free for up to 20 women. It is sponsored by grant money from the state to the University of Wisconsin system.
Quoted: Ellie Bruecker, a doctoral student in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin Madison, said she expects higher filing rates for the 2019-20 award cycle, which started Oct. 1. But that’s because of ongoing efforts in local school districts and states like Louisiana, which last year began requiring all high school seniors to complete the application.
“I’d guess you’ll see some schools and their college counselors advertise the app as an easy way to complete the FAFSA, but I think that’s just part of the larger push to get more students to file and will likely happen in schools that are already making these efforts,” she said.
The dip in enrollment is due to a stronger job market, more students graduating in four years, and declining enrollment at Wisconsin high schools.
A new study from NorthStar Analytics found that each year the UW System has a $24 billion impact on the Wisconsin economy, almost 8 percent of the total economy of the state. Moreover, the study found that 167,000 jobs are generated or supported by the UW System each year.
Nationwide international graduate enrollments were down for a second straight year, according to a report from the Council of Graduate Schools. But there has been a slight increase in graduate students from other countries at the UW System’s flagship institution.
The lawsuit states both the UW System and former professor Michael Beitz violated the former student’s rights under Title IX and the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The university, the compliant states, “acted with deliberate indifference to Beitz’ sexual harassment of the plaintiff.”
However, enrollment then dropped by about 20 percentage points from 2013 to 2018, which translates to a roughly $13 million loss of potential tuition revenue, according to university data.
OSHKOSH – A former University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student filed a lawsuit this week against the UW System Board of Regents and a former UWO art professor who the university determined sexually harassed her.
The university has lost nearly 15 percent of its faculty since Fall 2014. A hiring freeze is in place as the campus did not replace retired faculty but has hired some new faculty members to substitute those who have left.
The University of Wisconsin System is still building cash balances in thousands of fund accounts, and carrying them from year to year.
It’s no surprise that several University of Wisconsin System campuses are struggling to hold enrollments steady this fall with the state’s high school graduating class sizes on a downward slide.
After several years of enrollment decreases, the number of students attending UW-Eau Claire is up for the third straight year this fall. That’s no accident, according to Chancellor James Schmidt, who has set an ambitious goal of returning the university to its 2010 enrollment level of about 11,300 students in the next few years despite a shrinking supply of high school seniors from which to draw.
Incoming students at the University of Wisconsin—Madison and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh must complete an online module on sexual violence before school starts and then undergo in-person training when they get to campus. The University of Maryland–College Park is working to implement sexual violence prevention programming in all four years of undergraduate student life.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has balanced its budget for the first time since 2012 — big news for a campus that was facing a deficit of more than $40 million three years ago.
UW-Madison is ranked among the top 50 universities in the world once again, and is in the top 25 of U.S. universities, according to rankings released Wednesday.
With the recent restructuring of the UW System and decrease in enrollment at UW Colleges, there has been turmoil regarding the effect of higher education on the state’s economy and its role going forward.
STEVENS POINT – Enrollment at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has declined to its smallest number in decades, dropping by about 5 percentage points from this time last year.
If you’re wondering why your kid didn’t get into the University of Wisconsin-Madison this fall, a record number of out-of-state freshmen may have something to do with it.
