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…
Category: The national context
Obama: Sequester Hurting Scientific Research
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…
Rep. Pocan Discusses Federal Sequestration
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…
Sequestration Looms
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…
Molly Corbett Broad to Speak on Campus Friday
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…
The Lincoln Project: Excellence and Access in Public Education
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) announced on Monday the creation of the Lincoln Project, a public higher education advocacy effort. The endeavor will be led by University of California Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau when he steps down…
Should States Be Pressured Into Investing in Higher Education?
Todd Finkelmeyer recently wrapped up his reporting career at The Capital Times to begin a new position as communications director UW-Madison’s School of Education. PROFS always found his reporting on higher education to be detailed and fair and he contributed…
The Dire Consequences of Federal Sequestration
In addition to state legislative issues, PROFS also watches federal issues as they relate to the university. Right now, PROFS is talking with the Wisconsin congressional delegation about how a possible federal sequestration (the reduction of federal funding to reduce…
SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher on Public Higher Education
State University of New York System Chancellor Nancy Zimpher visited UW-Madison last week to discuss higher education and its role in economic development. Using SUNY and New York state as a model, Zimpher told faculty, staff, and students how public…
Bill Tracy: National Business Leaders Call for More Money for UW-Madison
Agronomy Professor and PROFS President Bill Tracy discusses a recent national report, Research Universities and the Future of America, in an op-ed in The Capital Times online. The column is reprinted here with his permission: National business leaders who understand…