Ray Cross, president of the UW System, highlighted the value of a college degree, especially one from UW, in his blog.
Wisconsin state spending on education has increased slightly, according to a report from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, which showed an approximately 1 percent increase in fiscal support for total school costs. State's coverage of effective costs rests at 62.7 percent, up from 62.3 percent in 2014 and 62 percent in 2013. The proportion of fiscal support provided varies widely, and is calculated from relevant variables including district property values, poverty levels and specific targeted aid.
Each week, The Daily Cardinal will be taking a look at down-ballot races throughout the state.
A state committee voted for a 60-day extension of the state’s voter ID law Tuesday. The vote comes admist reports that Division of Motor Vehicles staff has been offering inaccurate information for people about how to obtain their IDs required for voting. Wisconsin enacted a statute requiring voters to present one of several acceptable photographic identifications in 2011.
The Madison Fire Department was dispatched to an apartment on the 200 block of Langdon Street in response to a cooking fire Sunday evening. The Madison Ladder Company 8 firefighters arrived at 5:27 p.m.
In an attempt to tackle issues such as recidivism, racial disparities and violence in Madison, Mayor Paul Soglin announced a $299.5 million operating budget proposal Tuesday. Highlights of the 2017 plan include a $15 minimum wage for all city employees, an overall pay increase for almost all employees and a $400,000 action plan focused on racial disparities. After years of debate between Soglin and the Common Council over a new Midtown police district and a Southeast side fire station, the new budget has put the projects on hold in order to limit increases in city spending.
In-state students at UW System schools would see a modest tuition increase during the 2018-’19 school year after the tuition freeze concludes, if a proposal by system officials is approved by the legislature in the upcoming biennial budget.
The Wisconsin congressional delegation urged President Obama Tuesday to approve assistance for western Wisconsin regions after recent flooding.
The UW-Madison chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity has been terminated due to violations of Student Organization Code of Conduct policies.
Two UW-Madison student organizations collaborated on an art workshop Monday, as part of Latino Heritage Month, to celebrate individuals who have made significant contributions to the Latinx movement. Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán is a student organization that supports the self-determination of Chican@ and Latinx individuals.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved the eligibility of an organization that helps students develop leadership skills on campus, opening up the opportunity for the group to fund future programs. The Student Leadership Program focuses on helping students with professional and leadership development.
In an effort to register millennials to vote before the upcoming election in November, Rock the Vote visited campus as part of their cross country tour. Rock the Vote, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, is the largest national voter drive group specifically helping millennials to register and get to the polls.
UW-Madison prides itself for being one of the premier state schools in the nation. Data released by the university Friday, however, highlights just how much support the school needs from students outside of Wisconsin. Of the 7,521 new freshman and transfer students on campus this fall, more than 32 percent are from states other than Wisconsin or Minnesota, or from outside the country.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday to end the controversy surrounding the John Doe saga, opting not to hear a legal challenge to extend the investigation of Governor.
A 35-year-old man was taken into protective custody at the Copps Food Center Oct. 2 by police after a report that a man was feeling suicidal.
Democrat Russ Feingold got a boost Monday in his bid to oust U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., after a national group supporting Johnson said they would pull most of their TV ads in the state. The National Republican Senatorial Committee announced they would cancel more than $800,000 in ads.
Two groups of men had a loud argument early Sunday morning that led to one man pulling a knife and making threatening statements outside of the 415 Lake St. parking garage.
One of the first discoveries of solar energy was made in a UW-Madison lab and sketched to artistically explain the concept.
UW-Madison students could be grabbing their Amazon packages from Sellery Residence Hall, Memorial Library or the University Bookstore, among other new options, for the corporation’s on-campus pickup point, student leader Omer Arain said Sunday.
Within the past year, protesters at UW-Madison have struggled to achieve change. Actually providing the change they strive for on campus can prove to be a similarly frustrating pursuit for administrators. The person whose job entails fighting for diversity and inclusion-related activities at the university is Patrick Sims, the chief diversity officer at UW-Madison. In an article titled “What is a Chief Diversity Officer?” Damon Williams, a prominent researcher on the position, describes it as someone who always treats diversity as a top priority, “where others [in administration] work on issues of diversity as a matter of second or third priority.” The equity and inclusion committee chair for Associated Students of Madison during the 2015-’16 academic year, Mariam Coker, said many students do not realize the dynamic between Sims and the rest of senior administration on issues of diversity. “Something that students need to realize with Patrick Sims’ position is that he is the only person at the admin level dealing with these types of issues,” Coker said in an April 10 interview with The Daily Cardinal.
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