Gov. Scott Walker’s executive budget would hand the University of Wisconsin System more than $100 million in new state aid. He also wants to cut University of Wisconsin System tuition by 5 percent, let students opt out of paying some fees and grant the system’s request for additional state aid.
After years of deep cuts, K-12 public schools and the University of Wisconsin stand to be big winners under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a five percent tuition cut for in-state undergraduate students and more state money for the UW System as a whole in the 2017-19 state budget.
Governor Scott Walker’s latest budget proposal aims to support UW System students with tuition cuts and other degree options, but one measure could cut student programs and services.
Along with its call for a tuition cut and increased funding, Gov. Scott Walker’s executive budget for 2017-19 includes a range of new spending and policy changes for the University of Wisconsin System.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday his long-anticipated budget proposal for the University of Wisconsin System, which includes a 5 percent decrease for in-state tuition as well as the possibility for students to opt out of segregated fees.
After extending a tuition freeze into a fifth year for resident undergraduates at University of Wisconsin System campuses, Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday that he wants to cut tuition by 5% beginning in fall 2018.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker proposed Tuesday cutting the University of Wisconsin System’s resident undergraduate tuition by 5 percent, allowing students to opt out of paying some fees and handing the system $42.5 million in new state aid contingent upon meeting certain performance standards. Other UW proposals Walker unveiled include:
Governor Scott Walker’s proposed state budget will include a tuition cut for University of Wisconsin resident undergraduate students, while also increasing funding for the UW System
While Governor Scott Walker has been previewing parts of his two year spending plan for the past several weeks, lawmakers and the rest of the state will get their first full look at the proposal later today.
Gov. Scott Walker wants to allow University of Wisconsin System students to opt out of some student fees, but opponents are warning of dire potential effects for campus services.
A student who attempted to form a Madison chapter of the American Freedom Party in January has abandoned his plans to bring the “alt-right” organization to campus, according to the Associated Press.
A UW-Madison student trying to form a pro-white group has abandoned his efforts after intense backlash from other students and university officials.
For now, people from seven countries can still come to the U.S. But before a judge put the ban on hold last week, President Trump’s executive order left many travelers in limbo. One student who was on a UW-Madison school trip at the time was nearly impacted as she wondered if she would ever get back.”It’s just a terrible form of discrimination,” Lily Khadempour said.
Gov. Scott Walker is expected to announce tuition cuts for the UW System.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: Walker promised to cut tuition for all in-state undergraduates in the UW System, but he hasn’t said by how much. Walker said he would give more details on Tuesday. He also hasn’t said whether he will fulfill UW’s request for $42.5 million in additional funding. But Walker has said any new money would be contingent upon the university meeting performance measurements not yet specified.
MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker has revealed some of the high points of the state budget he will release on Wednesday. But many of the details await, as do almost certainly a few surprises. Here is a look at what’s known and unknown about the two-year spending plan he will deliver to the state Legislature on Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of State has restored the validity of visas from individuals from seven countries whose nationals were barred from entering the United States under an executive order signed by President Trump. The State Department’s move follows a federal judge’s decision Friday night to temporarily block the enforcement of that order nationwide.
Numerous college and university presidents in Wisconsin are among a coalition of 598 higher education leaders who have signed a letter voicing concerns with President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations. The letter sent this week to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly through the American Council on Education (ACE), states concern about how the order will affect international students, faculty, researchers and staff.
Donald Trump’s administration could reshape the way millions of Americans pay for college by changing the federal government’s role in student loans, and loosen regulations on universities and their researchers.
Jeff Sauer, who embraced the challenge of replacing legendary men’s hockey coach Bob Johnson at the University of Wisconsin in 1982 and went on to win two NCAA titles in 20 seasons, died Thursday of pancreatic cancer.
The array of degrees offered by schools in the University of Wisconsin System is aligned with the projected workforce needs of the state, according to an internal report that the UW Board of Regents will hear Thursday.
Former University of Wisconsin hockey coach Jeff Sauer died Thursday morning, according to a spokesperson for USA Hockey. He was 73.
UW-Madison is at a “crucial point” as Wisconsin prepares to debate its next state budget, and badly needs new public funding to stay competitive with its peers and reverse a slide in research rankings, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Thursday.
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) — Akstin Pasert is a first generation college student. She’s a sophomore at UW Marathon County studying special education. For her, college is more than just getting an education, it’s setting an example.
(WISC) — University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chancellor wants more first-generation students coming to campus and has announced an effort to offer some of them free tuition if they do.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials want to provide at least a year of free tuition to students who transfer from one of several two-year colleges and who would be the first in their family to get a degree.
The University of Wisconsin would offer one or two years of free tuition to academically strong, first-generation college students who transfer from UW colleges or technical college partners with associate’s degrees to UW-Madison, according to an announcement coming Thursday from Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials want to provide at least a year of free tuition to students who transfer from one of several two-year colleges and who would be the first in their family to get a degree.
Students who transfer from one of several two-year colleges to UW-Madison, and would be the first in their family to get a degree, will receive at least one year of free tuition at the flagship campus under a proposal officials will announce Thursday — but only if the state provides enough new funding to make it happen.
The UW-Madison Police Department officially welcomed Kristen Roman as chief on Wednesday in a swearing-in ceremony at Union South.
The University of California’s Berkeley campus has a storied history of protests and free speech. But Wednesday night it was roiled by violence surrounding a planned appearance by the highly controversial Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos — and the show did not go on.
A spokesperson for Attorney General Brad Schimel says their office is still reviewing President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries and has not made any decision on whether Wisconsin will join a lawsuit to challenge it brought by other states.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is increasing the number of students, faculty and staff it says are affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban covering seven mostly Muslim countries.
The University of Wisconsin System is telling about 130 of its students not to leave the country as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring people from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States.
Some 88 faculty, staff and students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order barring entry to the United States by nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, university officials said Monday as they called for reconsideration of the policy.
A $10 million commercial biotech plant laboratory in Middleton that helped develop genetically modified plants and crops was donated by Monsanto Co. to UW-Madison, which has made it the hub of a new crop research center.
A Madison man is among those affected by President Trump’s executive order banning refugees and immigrants from seven countries, which was signed on Friday.
President Donald Trump’s immigration travel ban on refugees and visa-holders from majority-Muslim countries is having a big impact on the UW-Madison campus.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank called on the Trump administration to reconsider the new order that stops individuals from certain countries from returning to the U.S. in a statement released Monday.
University of Wisconsin officials announced Monday there are 88 faculty, students and staff impacted by President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison joined other universities across the country in asking President Trump to reconsider his temporary entry visa ban involving seven predominantly Muslim countries, and advised students from those countries not to leave the U.S. for any reason at this time.
If you subscribe to the butterfly effect—the idea that a tiny change in one part of the world can have massive side effects elsewhere—then you know that a President Donald Trump in 1949 (as opposed to President Truman) and an executive order banning immigration from Syria, could have meant that one of the most successful companies of all time, Apple, might never have existed at all.
University of Wisconsin System campuses are scurrying to figure out the implications of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States over the next 90 days.
Members of UW-Madison’s student government on Friday criticized Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s call for officials to revisit their policy of not asking about applicants’ criminal records.
Many higher education leaders issued statements over the weekend in response to the Trump administration’s executive order to ban immigrants and nonimmigrant visitors from seven countries, which are majority Muslim, from entering the United States. They criticized the ban for the disruption it caused to students and scholars and for confusion around the order and its implementation and, in many cases, expressed moral outrage.
A UW-Madison student who stirred up outrage on campus Tuesday by distributing flyers denouncing “anti-white racism” committed two racially motivated crimes.
In a moment of unity on the University of Wisconsin campus, student organizations from both the liberal and conservative camps have stepped up to denounce the “alt-right” movement.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will lead a new center designed to stop insects from spreading diseases.
The UW Madison student who is trying to start a pro-white group on campus is sharing his side of the story.
University of Wisconsin-Madison is one the Midwestern universities that will receive a portion of $10 million to establish a new research and training program to stop the spread of diseases carried by insects, according to a release.
A University Wisconsin-Madison student who is trying to start a white nationalist movement on campus says he regrets his arson conviction and says his efforts on campus are not based on racial hatred.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student whose attempts to burn down two African American churches stemmed from what a judge called “deep psychological and psychiatric problems,” wants to start a local chapter of a self-proclaimed white nationalist party.
An onslaught of bug-borne disease, especially in the Midwest, has led to the creation of a new federal research center to be headed by two UW-Madison scientists.
A consortium of Midwestern universities and health officials led by UW scientists has won $10 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fight the spread of tick- and mosquito-borne illnesses.
A UW-Madison student seeking to start what he calls a “pro-white student club” was convicted in 2005 of setting fires at predominantly black churches in a racially motivated arson attack, officials confirmed Thursday.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin-Madison student who once served prison time for setting fires at two predominantly black churches is recruiting on campus for a local chapter of a national pro-white party, enraging students searching for ways to improve race relations.
After more than a year of work, a team of UW-Madison students is ready to test its futuristic high-speed transport vehicle on SpaceX’s Hyperloop test track in California.
Meredith McGlone, director of University News and Media Relations, said the group is not a registered student organization. “We’re continuing to look into this and gather more information. Our campus values are clear. We believe diversity is a source of strength. If you want to talk about a group, talk about the scores of students, faculty and staff whose hard work and dedication are making this campus a more welcoming and inclusive place for all students,” McGlone said in an email to News 3.
