In an effort to maintain competitive salaries, the UW System Board of Regents will meet Thursday to discuss a proposal to raise salary ranges for university executives, according to regent Spokesperson Doug Bradley. The proposal calls for a 5 percent pay increase over the next two years for faculty, staff and executives, up from the original 3 percent increase proposed in August.
Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? James Thomson avoided talking politics in a public lecture on the eve of the presidential election, explaining instead the science behind his research into stem cells.
MADISON ââ?¬â?? That giant sucking sound you hear on Wednesday might be a good chunk of the countryââ?¬â?¢s stem cell scientists ââ?¬â?? including some from Wisconsin – being drawn to California.
Interview with UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin on campaigns, political ads and the Electoral College.
The salaries of several chancellors in the University of Wisconsin System could rise several thousand dollars if salary ranges for top university executives are shifted upward under items up for discussion this week by the system’s regents. The regents also may tell Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration and the legislature’s Joint Committee on Employment Relations that all employees – faculty, staff and executives – need 5% annual increases, on average, in the 2005-’07 biennium.
In the closing days of the 2004 election, little separates George Bush and John Kerry in the battle for Wisconsin’s crucial 10 electoral votes, according a new statewide Badger Poll that offer mixed news for both candidates. The Badger Poll was conducted by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center and sponsored by the Journal Sentinel and the Capital Times of Madison.
Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? Wisconsin took a step toward its new statewide video and data network Monday with Governor Jim Doyleââ?¬â?¢s announcement that the state favors the bid of an alliance of SBC and other telcos.
The number of reported collisions between vehicles and white-tailed deer in the five-county Milwaukee metropolitan area soared 20% in 2003, state records show. Mentions the Deer-Vehicle Crash Information Clearinghouse at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW Regent Jesus Salas was the keynote speaker at Centro Hispano’s 15th annual banquet Friday. Also at the event was Governor Jim Doyle, who spoke in favor of in-state tuition for children of undocumented workers.
As Kevin Reilly takes the helm of the 26-campus University of Wisconsin System, he tackles a system socked by a $250 million cut in state support over the past two years.
California voters on Nov. 2 will decide whether to authorize a powerful burst of state funding for stem cell research there. Proposition 71 on the ballot would provide about $3 billion in tax-free state bonds for stem cell research in that state over a 10-year period.
In order to attract the high-tech jobs that are fueling the new economy, Wisconsin needs to protect its vaunted education system and do a better job branding itself, according to a group of academic and business panelists who spoke Wednesday night at the Kohl Center on the UW-Madison campus. .
You’ve got to play to win. It’s true in the lottery, and it’s especially true when you’re a student who needs help paying for college.
Unfortunately, a bunch of American students just aren’t playing.
Wisconsin�s head start in stem-cell research could be challenged by the intervention of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? ââ?¬Å?Brain drainââ?¬Â in Wisconsin, educationââ?¬â?¢s effect on the state economy and fewer graduates qualified for jobs in the technology industry were a few of the many topics covered yesterday in a public discussion with the Education Access Panel.
A recent caller to your “Sound Off” feature complained about apparently mistaken university priorities, citing coach salaries and stadium renovations during a time of state budget retrenchment and course cancellations.
(AP) The University of Wisconsin vaulted to No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25, its highest October ranking since 1963. The Badgers moved up four spots after their 20-17 victory at then-No. 5 Purdue, dramatically helping their cause in the first Bowl Championship Series standings, which will be released tonight.
Cranberries will be the key ingredient in a new Babcock Hall ice cream that will be introduced late this month. The first batch of 80 gallons, in honor of Gov. Jim Doyle’s proclamation of October as Cranberry Month in Wisconsin, will be sold on campus and at the House of Wisconsin Cheese, 107 State St.
The absolute frustration that local government officials have with those legislators pushing the so-called Taxpayer Bill of Rights was underscored in an e-mail I received last week from a former Lake Mills City Council member.
A new report from the liberal UW-Madison Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) says 22.8 percent of state families are low-income. That compares to 27.4 percent nationally, the report said.
Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? Regional cooperation is the way to attract venture capital to Wisconsin, according to the Coalition for Capital Growth and Research, which held its first conference on Friday at UW-Madisonââ?¬â?¢s Grainger Hall.
Mentions, in the last item, a study this summer by the University of Wisconsin-Madison said the average person leaving W-2 is pulling down around $11,000 a year.
Mentions more evidence of Wisconsin’s central role as a presidential battleground state in a study from the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project and UW-Madison political scientist Ken Goldstein.
Wisconsin is one of the 20 states best-positioned to expand its biopharmaceutical industry, but it’s not among those that will add the most jobs in that sector, according to a report being released today.
Nino Amato’s speech at last week’s rally for lower tuition at the University of Wisconsin may well be seen as a turning point in his public career.
cologists convened at the UW-Madison Pyle Center on Oct. 7 and 8 to raise awareness of Wisconsin’s ecological deterioration. The workshop, titled “The Vanishing Present: Perspectives on Ecological Change in Wisconsin,” brought together UW, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and other regional organizations to share research findings and promote environmental issues.
Wisconsin is once again gaining economic ground, and to keep the momentum going, local and state policymakers should focus more intently on creating jobs in promising technology-oriented industries.
The greatest benefit that came up in the talks was the discussion of the relationship between the UW system and the state�s research efforts.
As students rallied for lower tuition (Friday), an ousted former regent accused the University of Wisconsin administration of “gamesmanship” with administration numbers.
Students, teaching assistants and supporters gathered on Library Mall Friday and marched to the Capitol to rally for lower tuition.
Signs noting “October is too cold for hiking” and a steadily increasing number of students drew attention to the already energized crowd.
The state Capitol has had to walk a tight line in recent years, trying to cope with a massive budget deficit while keeping the University of Wisconsin System as affordable and accessible as possible.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents met Friday to wrap up its monthly meetings for October.
The board passed several construction resolutions, totaling about $2 million.
University of Wisconsin System students rallied at the Capitol Friday afternoon in protest of tuition increases by Gov. Jim Doyle and the state legislature.
Steven Avery, the Manitowoc County man who served nearly 18 years in prison before DNA tests proved he did not commit a sexual assault, will seek $36 million in a federal civil rights lawsuit to be filed Tuesday against the county, its former sheriff and its former district attorney. DNA tests sought by the Wisconsin Innocence Project, a program of the University of Wisconsin Law School, resulted in Avery’s being released from prison Sept. 11, 2003.
University of Wisconsin Regents said they did not mean to deceive anyone when they used a narrow definition of “administrative position” to brag of the university’s lean overhead.
The results of a poll conducted in Wisconsin at the end of September had some disturbing results – up to two-thirds of those responding feel there ought to be a constitutional amendment limiting spending by state and local governments.
Kevin Granger sees a challenge not only from the Lou Gehrig’s disease that is slowly eroding his muscular control, but also from his government.
Like some of the people at a recent benefit for him, he questions why the United States government is not solidly behind embryonic stem cell research because of the hope it offers to people like himself.
The Board of Regents met yesterday at University of Wisconsin-Superior, beginning the first of a two-day monthly planning session for the UW System.
State Auditor Jan Mueller on Thursday forcefully defended her agency’s work on a controversial report that found the University of Wisconsin System spends three times as much on administrative costs than System records indicate.
At the first-ever Wisconsin Arts Congress next Tuesday at the Overture Center, built in part to revitalize downtown Madison, you can be sure of one thing: Art will be measured by money. (Andrew Taylor, director of UW-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration, is quoted.)
The UW-Extension’s Small Business Development Center has been awarded a $95,000 federal grant to strengthen the technological competitiveness of small businesses.
Last month, Gov. Jim Doyle told a group of students who asked him to make the University of Wisconsin more affordable that they “must be living in a dream world.” In fact, we do have a dream-one where all people, regardless of their race, class or social circumstances have equal access to high-quality, low-cost higher education. Unfortunately, it seems that Doyle, along with the state Legislature and the Regents, do not share our vision.
While the payroll at most University of Wisconsin System campuses stayed flat last year, salaries in the system’s administrative arm jumped 9%, a sign some state legislators said shows costs need to be trimmed.
WASHINGTON — The price of public university tuition is rapidly outpacing inflation and increases in family income, a panel of education experts told a higher education forum on Tuesday. (Capital Times/Medill News Service)
In one important category, however, Wisconsin brings home its share of the bacon. When it comes to merit-based competition for academic research and development dollars, Wisconsin moves much closer to the head of the class.
Unfunded federal programs and tax policies have cost Wisconsin $2.4 billion since 2002, and significantly contributed to the state’s fiscal crisis, according to a report released today by two budget watchdog groups.
Together, the two professors of chemistry and biochemistry have brought in about $2.5 million per year worth of federal grants to the UW, and they provide jobs for about 50 people.
Fearing additional budget cuts and tuition increases, teaching assistants and undergraduates are banding together to fight for more funding for the University of Wisconsin System.
Wisconsin has to make big changes now if it wants to catch up with states that have committed millions of dollars to translate research to revenue, according to a report by the Wisconsin Technology Council that will be released soon.
A massive get-out-the-young-vote effort begins Monday, helped in part by what observers are calling a first for Wisconsin politics: a campaign to ask young people to pledge to vote in November.
Often times in Madison, talking politics can prove a frustrating affair. Frequently people so well informed as to the national and international scene remain blissfully unaware of local issues. Somewhere between the perpetual addressing of the Patriot Act and the 107th mention of Bush, hair begins to fall out. And yet, bring up the issue of TABOR and the question is met with a quizzical look.
To discuss the recent state budget cuts that have affected UW-Madison, the Student Labor Action Coalition held a forum on Wednesday night titled “The Fight for Funding.”
Quoted: UW Political Science professor Ken Goldstein.
Republican leaders of the state legislature plan to focus much of their efforts on health care during the first 100 days of the legislative session that begins in January.
Nobody knows exactly how they did it. But whether it was natural smarts, rigorous studying, exceptional schools or some of each, nine Wisconsin high schoolers got perfect scores on the ACT college entrance exam, setting them apart from more than 2 million students nationwide who took the test in the 2003-’04 school year.
Sean C. McConnell is the kind of budding young researcher who some scientists and politicians fear could develop a permanent case of the blues over the Bush administration’s current policy on stem-cell research. (Subscription required.)
Daily Cardinal Opinion –
In the late 19th century the American system of higher education took a radical change in direction. UW-Madison and other public “land-grant” institutions across the country were created based on the principle that higher education should be accessible to the widest possible segment of the population. Research conducted within the university should be accessible and applicable to the citizenry. These ideas represented a drastic departure from earlier private, colonial institutions designed primarily to educate only the elite for leadership roles within society.
The Wisconsin Baby FAST Initiative has received a one-year grant from the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to try the new Baby FAST program at 10 sites in Wisconsin. Racine and about a dozen other communities have made applications to be test sites, and decisions on the sites are expected to be made by the end of October. FAST stands for Families and Schools Together. It was developed in 1988 by Lynn McDonald of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, UW-Madison political scientist.
