Academic Affairs is in the final stages of implementing a committee aimed at resolving the issue of textbook and course material affordability, a semester-long plan that one of the main topics at its Tuesday meeting. Before being put in place, the proposal must first pass through the Academic Staff Executive… Read more »

Academic Affairs clinched the final details for its first ever FAFSA week during its Tuesday meeting. The committee is gearing up to increase awareness of the event to be held next week — from April 19 to 23 — to help as many students with filling out their financial aid… Read more »

The Academic Affairs committee is tweaking the final details for their highly anticipated weeklong event to help students fill out their federal financial aid forms. Free Application for Federal Student Aid week, planned for April 19 through April 23, will provide interested students with many opportunities to get help filling… Read more »

The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh implemented the second stage of a program last week designed to help students whose higher education was interrupted by more than a semester to obtain a bachelor’s degree. The second phase of the project, which began March 29, allows students who “stopped out” of school at… Read more »

The Associated Students of Madison Academic Affairs Committee began to prepare for their upcoming FAFSA Week, while also moving forward with the initiative to create a new Shared Governance committee dedicated to maintaining the affordability of textbooks for students during today’s committee meeting. “FAFSA Week” is an event that will… Read more »

Academic Affairs Committee announced at its meeting Tuesday it is working to implement a new committee to promote affordable textbook solutions for students at the University of Wisconsin. The Associated Students of Madison committee is proposing Shared Governance adopt a new standing committee titled the “Textbook Affordability Committee.” It would… Read more »

While Legislative Affairs committee members said at their March 1 meeting they are sure a planned County Board debate will go as planned, a date for the debate remains tentative. The debate is planned to take place March 16 and will be between Analiese Eicher and Michael Johnson. Both are… Read more »

In light of the recent economic crisis, Cornelia Butler Flora, a rural sociologist, urged the University of Wisconsin campus to cultivate social development through entrepreneurship. In a situation of economic crisis such as the one facing the U.S. today, Flora said, when trust in institutions and income for governments around… Read more »