Education

• Maybe all of college sports should ‘get a life’ and keep things in perspective
  (February 10, 2012) Gordon Gee is president of The Ohio State University, the nation’s third largest in terms of students and a research...
• Peercy, longtime UW–Madison engineering dean, to retire
  (February 8, 2012) In 1999, first-year dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering Paul Peercy looked around at the other new...
• Higher ed getting nimble to meet industry needs
  (January 24, 2012) When the leaders of the biotechnology program at Madison College saw an industry need for laboratory technicians who could work...
• Can Apple’s new textbook initiative save U.S. education?
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• Thanks to iPads and Kindles, e-book lending at libraries explodes
  (January 20, 2012) ...
• UW-Madison to be part of e-textbook pilot program
  (January 19, 2012) UW-Madison and five other major universities announced plans this week to try buying electronic textbooks in bulk, an experiment that...
• Winners of student entrepreneurship competition, seed grants announced
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• Youth business plan contest offers introduction to STEM careers
  (November 29, 2011) One study after another has lamented the fact that America is producing fewer scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians than our...
• Engineering school launches social media admissions process
  (November 28, 2011) Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) launched its new, online community that will revolutionize the admissions process. The new community experience,...
• Judge dismisses lawsuit against UW broadband project
  (November 14, 2011) The University of Wisconsin-Extension can move forward with broadband Internet expansion projects in Superior, Platteville, Wausau and the Chippewa Valley...