Tag: higher education funding

Gary Rhoades to Speak on Public Higher Education

Keeping the cost of higher education has become a national conversation, and University of Arizona professor Gary Rhoades will add his voice to the discussion this week. Rhoades, former general secretary of the American Association of University Professors, will deliver…

February Board of Regents Meeting

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents met in Madison last Thursday and Friday for a regularly scheduled meeting. UW System staff presented Strategies for Cost Containment and Improved Educational Attainment, a report that details the relationship between falling…

President Obama’s Speech on Higher Education

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…

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…

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…

Faculty Senate Passes Resolution on Declining State Budget Support

The Faculty Senate unanimously voted Monday to support an amended resolution on declining state budget support for the University of Wisconsin. The Junior Faculty Caucus contributed much of the new language to the amended resolution, which concludes below. . .…