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Balancing Act
(1998)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 ... -
Teachers' Work: Institutional Isomorphism and Cultural Variation in the U.S., Germany, and Japan
(2001-08)With the growing attention to curricular standardization, especially in math and science, and equitable conditions that promote learning for all students, most research has continued to focus on instructional practice ... -
Optimizing the Nation's Investment: Persistence and Success in Postsecondary Education
(2002-10-23)Within the context of the forthcoming re-authorization of the Higher Education Act, this conference will focus on how the nation's resources can be best used to optimize student persistence to degree completion. The ... -
CLC Special Agreement Regarding Labor Codes of Conduct
(2003-01)In her role as the chancellor's director for community relations at UW-Madison, Dawn Crim has often been at the center of the very public and sometimes controversial issue of university labor licensing. In order to ... -
Moving from Fiscal Constraint to New State-University Partnerships
(2003-02-26)Across the United States, state funding as a percentage of total university budgets and state per-capital contributions to public universities continue to decline. In this public forum nationally recognized speakers will ... -
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 ... -
Diversifying Academic Leadership
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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 ... -
How Students and Families Use Rankings for College Selection
(2003-11-20)Top-selling college rankings issues published annually by U.S. News & World Report, Business Week, and Money are becoming an increasingly important factor in the competition among institutions of higher education. This ... -
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 ... -
Federal Higher Education Policy in an Election Year
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Diversity at UW-Madison: What Numbers Say
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Affordability and Access in American Higher Education in the 21st Century
(2006-02-01)The cost of postsecondary education has risen steadily in recent decades, resulting in high tuition that limits or prohibits attendance for many potential students. In the face of declining state support for public higher ... -
The Climate at UW-Madison: Begins Sunny and Warm, Ends Chilly
(2006-03)The following is a summary of the results of semi-structured interviews with nine female faculty members who left the UW-Madison and seven faculty members presently employed at the UW. The interviews were conducted on ... -
Higher Education Today and Tomorrow
(2006-09-26)Respondents: Alan Fish, Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities, Planning, and Management, UW-Madison; and Daniel Okoli, Campus Architect, UW?Madison. Moderator: Kenneth Frazier, Interim Chief Information Officer and ... -
The Merged University of Wisconsin System: Then and Now
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2006 Elections and Their Effects on Higher Education
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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 ... -
How States and Institutions Shape Racial Dynamics in Higher Education
(2006-11-15)In the past decade, states and postsecondary institutions have implemented a variety of policy measures designed to create a university environment that encourages persistence of undergraduate minority students. The types ...