University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross has proposed merging UW Colleges with four-year U-W institutions as part of a broader restructuring of UW Colleges and UW-Extension.
UW System Announces Proposed Restructuring
Wisconsin Public Radio
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UW-Stout Chancellor Worries System Reorganization Could Cut Off Transfer Students
Wisconsin Public Radio
A “historical link” between the University of Wisconsin Stout and the two-year UW-Barron County campus could be in jeopardy under a planned reorganization of the state’s UW-System schools.
County Officials Blindsided By Plan To Restructure UW-College System
Wisconsin Public Radio
County leaders say they didn’t know about plans at the University of Wisconsin-System to merge the state’s two-year colleges with its four-year universities.
UW-Madison to absorb UW Cooperative Extension under system reorganization
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension is a natural fit with University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Wednesday about news that the agency would be absorbed by her campus as part of a sweeping reorganization of the UW System.
Jobs likely to be lost in planned merger of University of Wisconsin 2-year Colleges with 4-year campuses. officials say
Wisconsin State Journal
The wide-ranging restructuring plan System President Ray Cross announced Wednesday would also bring UW Extension programs under new administration.
Proposed merger would keep two-year colleges afloat in UW System
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A downward spiral in enrollment at the University of Wisconsin System’s two-year campuses spurred the announcement Wednesday of a proposal to keep them afloat by merging them with nearby four-year UW institutions.
U of Wisconsin head wants to merge 4-year, 2-year campuses
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System’s two-year schools would merge with its four-year campuses under a plan system President Ray Cross announced Wednesday in hopes of boosting flagging enrollment.
UW president wants to merge four-year, two-year campuses
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is proposing merging the state’s two-year schools with its four-year campuses in effort to boost enrollment.
Sweeping proposal could change structure of UW System campuses
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is expected to announce this week a sweeping proposal to restructure two- and four-year campuses in an effort to cut costs, increase college access, reduce barriers to transferring credits, raise graduation rates, and address declining enrollments, according to sources.
Man arrested for campus assault, attempted abduction, police say
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department has a person of interest in custody in connection to the Oct. 2 assault and attempted abduction on campus, according to UWPD.
Couple, 98 and 100, Who Died in Fire ‘Just Couldn’t Be Without Each Other’
New York Times
Sara and Charles Rippey first locked eyes at their elementary school in tiny Hartford, Wis., close to 90 years ago. “They’ve basically been together ever since,” said one of their sons, Mike Rippey. The couple, who were 98 and 100 years old, died together on Sunday in Napa, Calif., when a fast-moving wildfire whipped into their house and they were unable to escape. Both were UW alums.
University of Wisconsin students could be expelled for disrupting campus speeches under new policy
Wisconsin State Journal
The Board of Regents adopted the language on a voice vote during a meeting at UW-Stout in Menomonie.
Alumni and students gather at Alumni Park grand opening and Bucky statue unveiling
Wisconsin State Journal
After an hour of celebration and exploration of UW-Madison’s Alumni Park, visitors at Friday’s grand opening gathered for the unveiling of the new Bucky Badger statue.
UW Regents approve campus free speech resolution
Wisconsin Radio Network
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has adopted a policy that would create penalties for students who repeatedly disrupt on-campus speakers.
UW Board Of Regents Vote On Hiring Leadership Guidelines, Campus Free Speech Provision
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted on several issues this week including a controversial provision that would allow schools to punish students if they protest or disrupt speakers on campus. We speak with WPR Reporter Rich Kremer about the meeting and what people on both sides of the issue had to say.
UW Board of Regents to vote on controversial “Freedom of Expression” resolution
WKOW-TV 27
The UW Board of Regents plans to vote on a rule that would expel students who continuously disrupt speakers on UW campuses across the state.
UW regents set to vote on protest punishment policy
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System regents are set to vote on a policy that calls for suspending and expelling students who disrupt campus speeches and presentations.
UW regents OK changes for hiring leaders
AP
University of Wisconsin System regents adopted sweeping hiring policy changes Thursday that clear the way for non-academics to lead the state’s colleges.
Alumni Park to light up the night starting Friday
Wisconsin State Journal
Alumni Park is full of unique pieces including exhibits focused on themes of the Wisconsin Idea including service, discovery and tradition. Faces of iconic alumni, lit sculptures cast words against the ground for visitors to read at night and even a sculpture of the first issue of “The Onion” await park visitors.
For tech recruiters, UW-Madison is a hotbed for computer science talent
Capital Times
Over a thousand students and recruiters jostled about the Varsity Hall conference room in Union South on Tuesday afternoon. Lines of varying sizes snaked throughout the space, some even winding outside of it, as students — many wearing formal wear, almost all clutching resumes — waited to chat with potential employers from almost 50 different startups, tech firms and government institutions. Local institutions like Epic Systems and American Family Insurance had booths side by side with global brands like Facebook and Bloomberg.
UW Regents take tighter control of hiring to get chancellors from outside higher ed
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin System Regent Tony Evers cast the sole vote Thursday against a policy change that gives regents a larger role in selecting chancellors for system campuses.
UW-Madison summer school revenue soars with ramped up program
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has so successfully ramped up its summer term that it exceeded its goal for increasing revenue three years ahead of schedule.
Elevated lead levels found in Bascom, Ag Halls at UW; workers being relocated
Wisconsin State Journal
Employees working in two areas of UW-Madison halls are being relocated after elevated levels of lead contamination were found, following a lead paint removal project.
UW researchers helped Nobel Prize winners in gravitational wave discovery
Wisconsin State Journal
Researchers from UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee can take some credit in the Nobel Prize in Physics being awarded to three researchers, for the discovery of gravitational waves originally predicted by Albert Einstein.
Potential lead contamination more widespread at UW
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. – Potential exposure to lead at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is more widespread than previously reported. Last week UW officials said there might be lead contamination at Agricultural Hall. Now, Bascom Hall is being looked at too.
Regents To Adopt Free Speech Resolution, Set Up Punishment
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin System leaders are poised to adopt a policy that would punish students who disrupt speeches and presentations.
Regents to adopt free speech resolution, set up punishment
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System leaders are set to vote on a policy that would punish students who interfere with campus speeches and presentations, getting in front of a Republican bill that would require them to crack down on disruptions.
UW-Madison police chief vows to protect controversial speech on campus
Capital Times
The fall semester is kicking off with Attorney General Jeff Sessions embracing free speech protections on U.S. college campuses, while at University of Wisconsin-Madison, the police chief vows her officers will protect controversial speech.
Thousands of UW-Madison students will be impacted if Perkins Loan Program expires
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. – At the end of the month, a federal loan program for low-income college students is set to expire. Unless Congress steps in to save it, 1,500 schools across the country won’t be able to offer low-interest loans next year, including UW-Madison.
University of Wisconsin expands free-tuition program for first-generation students
Wisconsin State Journal
After transferring from the two-year UW-Baraboo/Sauk County campus, where tuition and other expenses were low enough that jobs on and off campus covered his bills, Luke Moat had accepted that he’d need to take out loans to attend the more expensive UW-Madison.
UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank weighs in on state budget, free tuition program and Foxconn
Capital Times
Blank appeared on a recent segment of Sunday political talk show “UpFront with Mike Gousha” with UW Colleges and UW Extension Chancellor Cathy Sandeen. The pair weighed in on the budget, a new one-year free tuition program for first generation students and the proposed Foxconn plant, expressing optimism about all three.
UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank weighs in on state budget, free tuition program and Foxconn
Capital Times
Gov. Scott Walker signed the state budget on Thursday last week, securing an extra $100 million in funding for the University of Wisconsin System.
UW-Madison program aims to cut costs for students as textbooks go digital
Wisconsin State Journal
Ten to 20 courses will take part in the pilot, and officials say it could spread across campus if there is enough interest from students and professors. UW-Madison’s student government passed legislation pledging its support to the program last week.
UW-Madison starts free tuition program for transfer students
NBC-15
A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison promises to cover tuition and fees for first-generation college students from Wisconsin who transfer from one of the university system’s two-year colleges.
UW-Madison starts free tuition program for transfer students
WKOW-TV 27
Some students who transferred to UW-Madison this fall got a pleasant surprise in the form of free tuition, under the new Badger Promise program.
‘UPFRONT’ recap: Badger Promise will make UW-Madison affordable to students from two-year schools
WISN-TV, Milwaukee
Two University of Wisconsin chancellors say the new Badger Promise program offers affordability and access to a four-year degree.
UW-Madison starts free tuition program for transfer students
WISC-TV 3
A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison promises to cover tuition and fees for first-generation college students from Wisconsin who transfer from one of the university system’s two-year colleges.
Education Department releases interim directions for Title IX compliance
Inside Higher Education
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued guidance Friday granting colleges new discretion in how they comply with requirements under federal Title IX law to resolve and adjudicate allegations of sexual misconduct on campus.
UW-Madison starts free tuition program for transfer students
WISN-TV, Milwaukee
A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison promises to cover tuition and fees for first-generation college students from Wisconsin who transfer from one of the university system’s two-year colleges.
UW-Madison launching free tuition program for first-generation transfer students
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison aims to increase access to the state’s flagship university by promising to cover tuition and fees for first-generation college students from Wisconsin who transfer from partner two-year state colleges.
UW-Madison starts free tuition program for transfer students
WKOW-TV 27
A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison promises to cover tuition and fees for first-generation college students from Wisconsin who transfer from one of the university system’s two-year colleges.
Gov. Scott Walker signs $76B Wisconsin budget with money for schools, fees for hybrids
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday signed the two-year, $76 billion budget, providing $600 million more for K-12 schools, cutting property taxes, keeping a freeze on instate University of Wisconsin System tuition and doubling fees on hybrid drivers.
Tammy Baldwin pushes Congress to extend Perkins Loan program, with deadline looming
Wisconsin State Journal
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is realistic about the prospects for passing a bill by the end of the month to extend the Perkins Loan program, which provides subsidized loans to low-income college students, including $14 million worth of aid at UW-Madison.
UW Madison gives away free ice cream at Wisconsin Ginseng Festival
WSAW
The giveaway is part of the university’s inititative to give back to the citizens of Wisconsin’s 72 counties that support UW Madison year-round.
State Legislature Approves Delayed State Budget
Wisconsin Public Radio
The state budget is now back in the hands of Gov. Scott Walker. The state Senate passed the $76 billion spending plan on a vote of 19-14 on Friday night.
Vos calls Senate budget demands a ‘ransom list’
Wisconsin Radio Network
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is accusing some Senate Republicans of holding the state hostage with their opposition to the state budget.
Delayed State Budget Faces Uncertainty In Senate
Wisconsin Public Radio
Four Republican senators are holding up final approval of Wisconsin’s delayed state budget.
Highlights of Wisconsin’s proposed $76 billion budget
Madison.com
Noted: HIGHER EDUCATION: Tuition across the University of Wisconsin system would be frozen this year and next while increasing funding by $36 million, two years after their budget was cut by $250 million. UW would have to monitor teaching workloads and develop policies rewarding those who teach more than average. All UW campuses would be barred from requiring that only faculty members or those granted tenure be considered when hiring chancellors or president of the system.
Two months past deadline, Wisconsin Assembly approves state budget
Capital Times
Noted: Tuition at University of Wisconsin System schools will be frozen for another two years, but the budget will not include Walker’s proposal to cut tuition.
The UW budget also includes $26.3 million in performance-based funding to be tied to four goals for the UW System: student access, student progress and completion, contributions to the workforce and operational efficiency and effectiveness. The Board of Regents will be required to set metrics to measure schools’ progress toward those goals if they stay in the budget once it is formally adopted
Fire on the mountain: 2 forests offer clues to Yellowstone’s fate in a warming world
New York Times
What will happen to the forests of Yellowstone if a changing climate means not only old forests burn, but young ones, too? That’s what (former UW graduate student) Brian Harvey and his colleague, Monica Turner, an ecologist at the University of Wisconsin, are here investigating. Yellowstone’s recent fires offer a rare natural experiment to see how forests regenerate after burning and reburning at short intervals.
Trump Contradicts Democrats, Says No Deal on ‘Dreamers’ Has Been Made
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Trump said in a Twitter post on Thursday morning that no deal had been struck with Democrats on protections for young undocumented immigrants, contradicting what Democratic leaders had said after a dinner with the president on Wednesday night.
Schumer And Pelosi Say They Have A Deal With Trump To Protect DREAMers
National Public Radio
Leading Democrats say they struck a deal with President Trump Wednesday night to pass legislation to protect the about 800,000 DREAMers who could face deportation when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is scheduled to end in March.
2 from county in elite UW program
Green Bay Press Gazette
Two 2016 UW-Madison graduates from Oconto County are among just 26 people selected for a sought-after rural medical education program through the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Annual U.S. News college rankings are out; who’s up and who’s down?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Wisconsin’s flagship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, dropped two spots from a year ago, tying for 12th among public institutions in the rankings.
UW-Madison moving forward with free tuition program for first-generation transfer students
Wisconsin State Journal
About 150 students at two-year colleges around Wisconsin are expected to enroll in a new UW-Madison program giving first-generation college students a year or more of free tuition when they transfer to the state’s flagship public university, officials said.
UW-Madison chancellor announces new faculty recruiting effort to drive critical research areas
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After a 15-year hiatus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching a hiring program to recruit clusters of faculty from different disciplines who will work together in emerging areas of research.
Far from actual storms, UW scientists provide indispensable data on developing hurricanes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
While Hurricane Harvey washed through neighborhoods in and around Houston last week, a small group of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists noticed something unusual off the coast of Africa.
Wisconsin extends helping hand to Florida Atlantic
AP
No. 9 Wisconsin is extending a helping hand to its next nonconference opponent.Florida Atlantic plans to arrive in Madison in time for the game Saturday against the Badgers, though the return trip is in question with Hurricane Irma potentially making landfall in South Florida this weekend.
Citing Obama-Era Failures, DeVos Will Replace Landmark Directive on Sexual Assault
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Education Department will begin the process of replacing a signature Obama-era piece of guidance that laid out expectations for colleges from the federal government on protecting students from sexual violence, Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, announced on Thursday during a speech at George Mason University.
Wisconsin budget heads to state assembly & senate for approval
AP
Wisconsin’s $76 billion state budget, which sends more money to K-12 schools but does not come up with a long-term funding solution for dilapidated roads, cleared a legislative committee more than two months late Wednesday night, setting the stage for swift passage in the Republican-controlled Legislature.