President Barack Obama spoke about higher education at the University of Michigan last Friday, focusing on keeping higher education affordable. A full transcript of his remarks can be found here. The president’s plan would tie federal campus financial aid to…
Category: The national context
Interim Chancellor Ward on The Future of the Public University
PROFS is pleased to cosponsor an open discussion about the future of the the public university with Interim Chancellor David Ward. The conversation, “How Can the University Sustain Access and Excellence in an Age of Austerity,” will take place at…
President Obama to Deliver Speech on Higher Education
President Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech on college affordability tomorrow at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The president touched on the subject Tuesday evening in his State of Union address when he said that affordable higher…
Wisconsin Ranks Third Among States for Higher Education Budget Cuts
Several sources are reporting the news that Wisconsin ranks third in the nation for cuts to public higher education. The annual Grapevine study, conducted by Illinois State University’s Center for the Study of Education Policy and the State Higher Education…
The Crisis of the Public University
Professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes, a professor of medical anthropology at the University of California-Berkeley, offers her opinion on the future of public higher education in The Chronicle of Higher Education Review. Scheper-Hughes writes in response to the violent reaction by police…
EPS 518: Introduction to Debates in Higher Education Policy
The conversation about the funding of public higher education continues in the classroom next semester. PROFS steering committee member Sara Goldrick-Rab will teach a course focusing on the issues facing students today — admissions, funding and financial aid. The course,…
PROFS to Cosponsor Higher Education Panel
PROFS is pleased to partner with the Wisconsin University Union (WUU) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) to cosponsor a panel discussion featuring AAUP President Cary Nelson. Nelson, an English professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,…
New Badger Partnership Open Forum Saturday
The entire university community is encouraged to participate in an open forum and discussion about public higher education and the New Badger Partnership. An Open Discussion about the New Badger Partnership, will be held from 9-11 am on Saturday, March…
Don’t Forget the Federal Level
With all the talk about how the university could be affected by actions at the State Capitol, it’s easy to forget how important the federal government is to UW-Madison. The reality is that Bucky gets nearly twice as much money…
Public Employee Pay
One of the political memes of the day is that public employees are better far paid than those working in the private sector. Like most memes, it’s worth looking at the underlying facts. An article in today’s New York Times…