Category: The national context

Kiplinger: UW-Madison 8th Best Value Among Public Universities

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UW-Madison ranks eighth among public universities according to Kiplinger Magazine’s most recent rankings of colleges and universities, up two place from last year. The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill ranked first. Sixth-ranked University of Michigan was the only Big Ten school ranked higher than UW-Madison.

Kiplinger cites access to political jobs in the capitol and numerous tech start-ups as a reason why students choose to attend UW-Madison. The magazine also notes that the average cost for in-state students after need-based aid is applied fell by more than $800 this year.

Reminder! Congressman Mark Pocan on Campus Tuesday

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Congressman Mark Pocan

Congressman Mark Pocan

Join Congressman Mark Pocan in a conversation about current events in Washington, the effects of Sequestration, and the changing landscape of public higher education at 11:30 am, Tuesday, November 26.

“PROFS is excited to welcome Congressman Pocan to UW-Madison. The university receives more than 30 percent of its budget from federal funding, and faculty are concerned about the future consequences of the federal sequestration,” said agronomy professor Bill Tracy, President of PROFS.

The event will be held in the Wisconsin Idea Room on the first floor of the Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall. It is free and open to the public.

Congressman Pocan was elected to represent Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District in 2012 after serving 14 years in the Wisconsin Legislature. He currently serves on the House Budget Committee and was recently named to the House Education and Workforce Committee. Pocan graduated from UW-Madison with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1986.

PROFS to Host Conversation with Congressman Mark Pocan

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PROFS will host a brown bag conversation with Congressman Mark Pocan (D-Madison) at 11:30 am on Tuesday, November 26. The event will be held in the Wisconsin Idea Room on the first floor of the Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall.…

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The Capital Times: Federal Shutdown Threatens $36 million to UW-Madison

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Pat Schneider writes in The Capital Times that the federal shutdown threatens $36 million federal funding to UW-Madison. Schneider spoke with PROFS lobbyist Jack O’Meara and references a letter from PROFS president Bill Tracy to the Wisconsin Congressional delegation in…

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Baldwin Visits UW; Will Introduce Bill to Help Next Generation of Science Researchers

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Senator Tammy Baldwin visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus yesterday, meeting with researchers from the School of Medicine and Public Health. Baldwin announced she plans to introduce her second piece of legislation, the Next Generation Research Act (below), when the…

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Obama: Sequester Hurting Scientific Research

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President Barack Obama told a gathering of scientists last week that the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration could harm scientific research for several years. The president made his remarks at the 150th annual meeting of the National Academy of…

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Rep. Pocan Discusses Federal Sequestration

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Newly-elected Congressman Mark Pocan visited UW-Madison yesterday to discuss the federal budget sequester with faculty. Representative Pocan met with a dozen researchers who told him that UW-Madison will see a reduction of more than $30 million in federal research funding…

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Sequestration Looms

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As reported last semester, UW-Madison will be affected by the drastic effects of sequestration, which appears imminent. The Budget Control Act of 2011 solved the debt-ceiling crisis in August 2011, and a temporary agreement was reached in January, but the…

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Molly Corbett Broad to Speak on Campus Friday

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Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education (ACE), will be on campus Friday, February 8 to participate in a WISCAPE brown bag talk, “Higher Education at the Crossroads: Multiple Challenges, Innovation, and Learning.” The talk will be…

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