For the first time since records have been kept, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has fallen out of the nation’s top five universities in terms of dollars spent on research and development.
Spending on research at UW-Madison declined by more than $100 million between 2012 and 2015, leading the university to fall from the top five of the National Science Foundation’s ranking of research institutions for the first time in more than four decades.
For the first time in nearly 45 years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has fallen from its standing among the nation’s top five research universities, according to data from the National Science Foundation.
Husband and wife team Constance Steinkuehler and Kurt Squire are leaders in the field of video game development. In a matter of weeks, the two are taking their talents to California due to what they say is a very unsupportive environment on the UW campus.
For the first time in 44 years UW-Madison is not a top-five research university and school administrators say state budget cuts are to blame.
Walker spokesman Tom Evenson said the governor’s budget will include more money for public education, technical colleges and the UW System.
Expected state revenue over the next two years will fall $693 million short of what state agencies want to spend over that period, Gov. Scott Walker’s administration reported Monday.
It doesn’t seem like a stretch to say that relations are strained between the University of Wisconsin System and Republicans in the state Capitol. Gov. Scott Walker has proposed extending a tuition freeze for a fifth and sixth year in the 2017-19 biennial budget, a freeze which System administrators say jeopardizes higher education in the state. Walker and his counterparts in the GOP majority in the Legislature would likely reply by inquiring about the status of the System’s cash reserves, which stood at $648 million in the spring of 2013.
Republican lawmakers are fond of saying public institutions should be run more like businesses. But what successful business would put off needed repairs to the tune of $2 billion?
It doesn’t seem like a stretch to say that relations are strained between the University of Wisconsin System and Republicans in the state Capitol. Gov. Scott Walker has proposed extending a tuition freeze for a fifth and sixth year in the 2017-19 biennial budget, a freeze which System administrators say jeopardizes higher education in the state. Walker and his counterparts in the GOP majority in the Legislature would likely reply by inquiring about the status of the System’s cash reserves, which stood at $648 million in the spring of 2013.
Declining levels of state funding pose a potentially fatal threat for public higher education, Louisiana State University President F. King Alexander told a group of faculty, students and researchers Friday.
Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, met with University of Wisconsin students Thursday to discuss the impact budget cuts have had on their college experience and how to move forward in a listening session.
With a non-existent state fund for repairs, the University of Wisconsin will have a harder time keeping campus functional in the coming years.
As the University of Wisconsin system continues fretting over repair issues on campuses across the state, UW-La Crosse is feeling the need for repairs as well.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank Wednesday attended an Associated Students of Madison meeting to discuss internal budget affairs and the progress of the pilot campus climate initiative, “Our Wisconsin.”
The state’s biennial budget might seem complicated, but it has very real effects for the students, faculty, administration and staff that make up the UW System. In the last round, they were forced to absorb a $250 million cut that changed the experiences of students across the state. As the next budget looms, follow The Daily Cardinal’s series on what it could hold for key UW players.
The biennual budget and campus climate are concerns for many students, and Chancellor Rebecca Blank addressed university administration’s efforts on these issues at Wednesday’s Associated Students of Madison Student Council meeting.
Fifty-two-year-old Witte Residence Hall will receive a $47 million renovation, after approval Wednesday from the State Building Commission.
Governor Scott Walker announced Wednesday a renovation project for Witte Residence Hall on UW-Madison’s campus has been approved.
Gov. Scott Walker Wednesday approved a request to renovate the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s largest residence hall, according to a news release.
The State Building Commission signed off Wednesday on a $47 million renovation that will bring air conditioning and other creature comforts to UW-Madison’s Witte residence hall.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is right: It’s time to reinvest in Wisconsin’s universities after a $250 million cut in the last state budget.
After $250 million in funding was cut from the UW System in the state’s last biennial budget, many different members of the campus community condemned the effect the cuts would have on universities. At a panel in Union South Monday, faculty, staff and students came together to discuss the ways in which the cuts are proving harmful.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s request to increase tuition for out-of-state and professional students has been met with mixed reviews.
Addressing how cuts to education affect students, Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, said everyone has to come together to address systemic funding problems at “Fund the Freeze” “teach-in” Monday at Union South.
Wisconsin ranks second to last nationally in funding for higher education, according to one metric published by online news provider “Inside Higher Ed.”
The system released reports ahead of this week’s regents meeting that show total balances stood at $888.3 million on June 30, the end of the 2015-2016 state fiscal year.
In-state students at University of Wisconsin System institutions would see no tuition increase next year and a small increase tied to the cost of living for the 2018-19 school year under a proposal UW officials released this week.
Gov. Scott Walker refuses to fund road repairs with the revenue sources dedicated for this purpose by law — the gas tax and license fees. This has resulted in a billion deficit in the roads budget.
A Wisconsin think tank that riled up faculty on University of Wisconsin System campuses several months ago with a report deriding tenure protections has issued another report likely to elicit similar reaction.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin has endured budget cuts for 10 of the past 12 years, and those cuts have taken their toll, says Rebecca M. Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which ranks 15th among public universities. The liberal-arts program in particular has endured faculty losses, and the school has been unable to invest in high-demand programs like computer science, engineering and nursing, she says. (Subscription required.)
Preliminary figures suggest the University of Wisconsin System could lose about 5,000 students this school year.
Preliminary fall enrollments are in for University of Wisconsin campuses and while many held steady or saw slight gains, the two-year colleges collectively took a 22.3% hit, UW-Stevens Point fell 6.8% and UW-Milwaukee lost 4.7%, compared with final enrollment numbers from last fall.
As Gov. Scott Walker and the Legislature consider the request for $42.5 million in new state funds for the University of Wisconsin System in the 2017-19 biennial budget, they should not only accept this proposal but also embrace the teaching and learning functions of Wisconsin’s colleges and universities as the centerpiece of the state’s workforce development strategy.
After nine years of research and teaching chemistry at Wisconsin’s Madison campus, Mahesh Mahanthappa left Wisconsin this year to teach chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota.
Column by Jack Williams, a geography professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: In the wake of a $250 million state budget cut and weakened protections for intellectual freedom, I’ve thought carefully about my family, my career, the University of Wisconsin, and whether I still felt a calling to serve Wisconsin and The Wisconsin Idea. It hasn’t been easy. It’s difficult to express my pride in being a part of the University of Wisconsin.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin System approved a budget request in August that asks lawmakers for an additional $42.5 million over two years to fund a range of new initiatives, including increased advising services and programs to connect students with state businesses. The System also stands to receive a $50 million increase over its current state funding if lawmakers restore $25 million that was lapsed from UW in the current fiscal year.
During a campus budget forum held Wednesday evening at the Gordon Dining and Event Center, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank asserted now is the time for the state to reinvest in higher education.
UW-Madison eliminated 420 positions and laid off 50 employees over the past year as it managed its share of a $250 million reduction in state higher education funding, Chancellor Rebecca Blank told faculty, lawmakers and employees Wednesday.
A shortage of rural doctors that can practice obstetrics is causing UW Madison to change its program. No more doctors in training will be learning in smaller towns.
The cost of college remains on the minds of students, parents, campus administration and legislators alike as the UW System considers what it could face in Wisconsin’s next biennial budget, which Gov. Scott Walker will announce early spring semester.
Noted: Meanwhile, here in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker just informed the University of Wisconsin System that it will receive no new funding in his next budget.
Some of Wisconsin’s leading and most politically connected business executives are behind Badger Advocates’ new strategy to increase lobbying of the Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature to address their concerns that UW-Madison’s world-class status is being hurt by budget cuts and weakening the tenure system for professors.
Assembly Republicans plan to give every high school freshman in Wisconsin access to a laptop or tablet over the next two years and are open to ending Gov. Scott Walker’s University of Wisconsin System tuition freeze, lawmakers said Wednesday as they outlined their plans for the upcoming legislative session.
With Election Day approaching, state Assembly Republicans previewed their plans for 2017, calling for laptops or tablets to be issued to all high school freshmen, signaling a possible end to the University of Wisconsin System tuition freeze and saying it’s imperative to solidify state road funding — potentially with tax or fee increases or highway tolls.
As Gov. Scott Walker kicked off the budget crafting season Wednesday by floating the idea of a sales tax holiday for back-to-school shopping next year, Republican legislative leaders are signaling their contempt for proposed “cultural competency” expenditures by the University of Wisconsin.
UW-Madison is launching a new ad campaign touting the work of alumni in each of Wisconsin’s 72 counties as part of an effort to drum up support for the University of Wisconsin System’s request for new funding.
State support for the University of Wisconsin System has dropped more than a third over 15 years, says a new report by the Wisconsin Budget Project.
Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to provide new funding for the University of Wisconsin System based on its performance in measures such as graduation rate and job placement would subject the System to a budget model that critics say has failed to deliver on its promise to improve higher education.
It’s time for Wisconsin to increase its investment in its public universities. After too many years of huge cuts by both Democrats and Republicans, the University of Wisconsin System deserves the additional $42.5 million investment it is seeking in the next state budget. The key word is investment.
Gov. Scott Walker has been declaring his intention to impose performance-based funding on the University of Wisconsin, saying it is working well at the state’s technical colleges.
Investing in the University of Wisconsin System is an investment in the state’s human capital, President Ray Cross said during a visit Monday with the La Crosse Tribune’s editorial board.
Gov. Scott Walker is considering lifting the University of Wisconsin tuition freeze for the 2018-19 school year.
As Regents, we have a strong responsibility to keep the University of Wisconsin System affordable and accessible for Wisconsin families. We feel just as strongly about protecting the quality and excellence for which the UW System is known the world over. The reasons for ensuring this are compelling.
The Board of Regents approved the UW System’s request to increase the operating budget by $42.5 million for the 2017-’19 biennium budget. The regents also passed two other proposals, both unanimously: a strategic framework for the system titled 2020FWD and a capital budget request that calls for $454.6 million in general fund-supported projects.
Amid a series of power outages, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents unanimously approved the a plan to help further connect UW students to the Wisconsin economy, in addition to both the 2017-19 operational and capital biennial budgets.
Gov. Scott Walker says he’s entertaining multiple options for a possible tuition freeze at the UW, and that leaders have indicated to him they are “comfortable” with a one-year freeze.
The future of the freeze on University of Wisconsin System tuition is becoming murkier after UW officials said Gov. Scott Walker is open to ending the cap after a one-year extension in the next state budget, and the governor did not commit Thursday to a longer limit.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents endorsed a budget request Thursday asking the state for $42.5 million more in funding to support a package of initiatives designed to help students earn degrees more quickly with skills for a 21st century workforce.
The University of Wisconsin System is asking for one new building in its 2017-’19 capital budget request; the rest of the $455 million request approved Thursday by the Board of Regents would renovate, remodel or repair buildings.
