Higher Education

In the wake of sweeping federal funding cuts by the Trump Administration in recent weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture grants that fund tribal colleges and universities in Wisconsin and beyond have vanished.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chancellor Thomas Gibson will now lead UW-Milwaukee, the Board of Regents announced Monday. 

More than 700,000 people in Wisconsin carry student loan debt. Two advocates from the Wisconsin Coalition on Student Debt offer advice for navigating this moment.

Recent Trump administration actions are worrying international students. Staff at UW–Madison are concerned that could lead to lower enrollment.

Scientists at UW–Madison said they are struggling to advance study of a potential new epilepsy treatment after the Trump administration’s pause on grant review meetings by the National Institutes of Health.

The Wisconsin Badger women’s hockey team is taking home yet another NCAA championship after an overtime victory Sunday against Ohio State University.

A plan to sell a two-year Universities of Wisconsin campus to a Fox Valley school district has fallen through, just months before the campus is set to close.

Students enrolled in science Ph.D. programs are typically paid and have their tuition covered. But with current federal funding uncertainties driven by the Trump administration, faculty scientists said they now have limited funds to offer students.

The De Pere school announced last week it plans to lay off about 30 faculty members. It will also cut more than a dozen majors and minors. 

Director Ken Brosky believes the UW’s two-year colleges are the embodiment of the Wisconsin Idea and should be supported rather than shuttered.