Writing in today’s Inside Higher Education, former UW-Madison professor Ben Rifkin says that Governor Scott Walker’s plan for public education is fundamentally wrong. Rifkin currently serves as dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences as the College of…
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Knowledge Powers Wisconsin
UW System unveiled its new branding strategy, “Knowledge Powers Wisconsin,” at last week’s Board of Regents meeting. The campaign focuses on the role UW System plays in economic development throughout the state but allows each campus to retain its own…
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…
Grant Petty: The Value of Supporting Our Public Universities
Atmospheric Science Professor Grant Petty offered his view on public higher education in the August 31 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Petty is a member of the PROFS Steering Committee, the PROFS Board of Directors, and the University Committee. The entire column…
SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher to Visit
State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor Nancy Zimpher will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison at noon on Tuesday, September 25 in the Wisconsin Idea Room in the Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall. Zimpher became chancellor of the nation’s largest…
Michael Bernard-Donals: University of Virginia’s Experience Resonates Here
English and Jewish Studies professor Michael Bernard-Donals offers his perspective on the University of Virginia crisis in the Sunday, June 8 Wisconsin State Journal. Bernard-Donals, a member of the University Committee, the PROFS Board of Directors, and the PROFS Steering…
Campus Connection: Lessons for UW-Madison
Todd Finkelmeyer has an excellent piece about the University of Virginia crisis in this week’s Capital Times. Finkelmeyer notes that while the Virginia crisis failed to attract much local attention, several UW-Madison faculty followed the situation with interest and concern:…
EPS Spring Conference: The Public Interest and the Future of Public Higher Education in the 21st Century
The Department of Educational Policy Studies (EPS) is hosting several public discussions about public higher education as part of its spring conference on March 29 and 30. All events are free and open to the public. University of Georgia Professor…