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Perspectives from the Public: How Wisconsinites View UW-Madison
(2008-09-10)What do Wisconsinites think about UW-Madison? How do they think it could better serve their communities? Katherine Cramer Walsh spent a year sitting in on informal gatherings and casual conversations in 23 communities ... -
Preserving the Mission in Hard Times: The Example of Admissions and Financial Aid Policies
(2010-04)Why does the achievement gap matter? What, if anything, should the government do about it? What should schools, and teachers, do about it? Students are critically examining these questions and more in Professor Harry ... -
The Prevalence and Impact of Differential Tuition in Public Research Institutions
(2009-03-25)As Wisconsin?s economy continues to face difficult challenges and the legislature is forced to consider how to fund the state?s public institutions in the coming years, tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will ... -
Problems of Injustice in College Enrollment and Completion
(2010-04-12)Why does the achievement gap matter? What, if anything, should the government do about it? What should schools, and teachers, do about it? Students are critically examining these questions and more in Professor Harry ... -
Promising Examples from Outside Wisconsin
(2009-11-17)The fall 2009 forum, hosted by the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) on the University of Wisconsin?Madison campus, will bring together policymakers, practitioners, students, scholars, ... -
Quality Assurance in Higher Education as a Political Process
(2009-05-29)Is quality assurance in higher education a technical process or a political process? Michael Skolnik suggests three reasons why quality assurance should, in many cases, be viewed as a largely political process: 1) ... -
Recognizing Commitment to Community: UW-Madison and Carnegie's Engagement Classification
(2008-10-08)The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching defines community engagement as "the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities...for the mutually beneficial exchange of ... -
Reexamining the Structure and Funding of Public Higher Education in Wisconsin
(2006-10-26)This forum will examine where Wisconsin stands relative to other states, in the past and present, based on a new measure of state funding for higher education and whether the state and its public universities should consider ... -
The Relationship Between the Media and Higher Education: Married, Divorced, or Separated?
(2004-03-02)The media play an important role in shaping public debate about postsecondary education but the messages colleges and universities would like to send to the public may not be reaching them when transmitted through news ... -
Results from UW-Madison's 2006 Undergraduate Student Survey
(2007-03-28)In spring 2006, the Office of the Provost sponsored the ninth UW-Madison Undergraduate Survey. Responses from a random sample of 1,300 undergraduates were used to assess student attitudes, engagement, and satisfaction with ... -
Return to the Top: The Role of Increasing College Productivity in America's Quest for Global Leadership in Degree Attainment
(2010-04-20)As America's supply of skilled workers falls behind demand, the country is losing its long-held advantage over competing nations. Many leaders -- most notably President Obama -- have made it a national priority to return ... -
The Role of Network Social Capital in Promoting Freshman Success and Human Capital Investment
(2008-12-10)College and university leaders ask for tax and philanthropic support, arguing that their institutions promote economic progress through investment in human capital. Yet, despite Americans' pursuit of higher education in ... -
The Role of Pre-College Programs in Maximizing Access and Persistence
(2003-11-04)The third forum in our series on The Challenge of Access and Persistence focused on the role of pre-college programs, providing the opportunity for participants from both K-12 and postsecondary education perspectives to ... -
The Role of Social Capital in Human Investment: A Social Network Approach to College Success in the First Year
(2008-12-10)College and university leaders ask for tax and philanthropic support, arguing that their institutions promote economic progress through investment in human capital. Yet, despite Americans' pursuit of higher education in ... -
Science at the Crossroads: The New Union South and the WID/MIR
(2007-06-11)Mark Guthier, director of the Wisconsin Union, will describe plans for the New Union South and the "Science at the Crossroads" part of the WID/MIR building. Discussion will center on how science outreach programs can enhance ... -
Simplifying the FAFSA through Tax Preparation
(2010-05-17)The fall 2009 forum, hosted by the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) on the University of Wisconsin?Madison campus, will bring together policymakers, practitioners, students, scholars, ... -
Some Consequences of Differential Undergraduate Tuition Increases at UW-Madison
(2007-05-02)Annual percentage increases in UW-Madison tuition rates for in-state and out-of-state undergraduates have typically been almost identical. But beginning in 1999, increases for the two rates were significantly different ... -
State Need Grant: The major grant program for the state of Washington
(2009-11-17)The Wisconsin Idea Forum is a biannual event sponsored by the University of Wisconsin System and hosted by system campuses. This is the second in the program series, which brings University of Wisconsin resources to bear ... -
State Strategies for Promoting Access and Retention in Postsecondary Education
(2003-03-26)WISCAPE's second conference on access and retention will address issues concerning the roles of and connections among state-level stakeholders -- governors and legislators, public and private sector groups, and educational ... -
Stirring the Lions: Strategy and Tactic in the Global Higher Education Wars
(2007-04-17)In this presentation, Susan Robertson, Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Bristol, examines the United States' and Australia's responses to the European Union's regionalizing and globalizing strategies ...