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Van Galen, Dean; Schneider-Rebozo, Lissa; Havholm, Karen; Andrews, Kris – New Directions for Higher Education, 2015
This chapter presents the state of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin System as an ongoing case study for best practices in systematic, intentional, statewide programming and initiatives connecting undergraduate research and economic development.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Educational Research, Research Projects, Economic Development
Stransky, Beth; Good, Annalee – Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (NJ1), 2009
This brief explores three examples of state policies designed to help students and families cope with rising tuition costs at four-year institutions: the Wisconsin Covenant, the Georgia HOPE Scholarship Program, and the Indiana Twenty-first Century Scholars Program. Although the authors acknowledge the important role two-year colleges play in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Programs, State Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Wilson, JoAnn – 1981
The organizational and working relationships between postsecondary education and economic development in selected states were investigated, with emphasis on identifying state-level coordinated programs in 12 geographically diverse states known to be active in linking education to economic development (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Olsen, Glenn W. – 1985
The availability of campus child care, day care needs, and parents' preferences for day care were examined at the 42 public supported postsecondary institutions or districts in Wisconsin: the vocational-technical districts, the 4-year universities, and the 2-year university center system campuses. The districts in Wisconsin were surveyed to…
Descriptors: Campuses, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Parent Attitudes
Serban, Andreea M.; Burke, Joseph C. – 1998
This study examined the impact of state budget cuts on public colleges and universities in six states, focusing on the effects of such cuts on institutional priorities and plans, tuition and fees, and educational quality. Five state higher education finance officers, 12 state college or university system finance officers, and 98 college or…
Descriptors: Administrators, Budgeting, Educational Attitudes, Educational Finance
Stampen, Jacob O.; Fenske, Robert H. – 1984
The way public college students finance college was studied, based on student resource and expenditure surveys from four states: Arizona, California, New York, and Wisconsin. Comparisons were made of demographic and academic variables, as well as expenditure patterns of students receiving different kinds of aid. The following four aid recipient…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dependents, Family Income, Grade Point Average
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Stampen, Jacob O. – 1978
Recent interactions between the state government (and to a lesser extent the federal government) and public higher education in Wisconsin are examined, and some of the major issues and actions from 1965 to the present are reviewed in order to identify imbalances that could jeopardize a"health tension" between the two sectors. Some of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, College Role