College and University Departments and Programs

Lawmakers Not Giving Up On 4-Year Harper (Des Plaines Journal)

16 May 2008

Harper Community College in Palatine and State Sen. Dan Kotowski (D-33rd) are backing a bill in the Illinois Legislature to offer a limited four-year degree program in two disciplines.

UW chancellor search: Blank offers unique perspectives (The Capital Times)

16 May 2008

In the contest to be named the next chancellor at UW-Madison, Rebecca Blank is an outsider in more ways than one. Of the four finalists to replace John Wiley as leader of Wisconsin's flagship university, Blank is the only one who has never spent at least a couple years in Madison -- although she was a visiting fellow at the UW in the fall of 1985. Blank is also the only candidate who has ...

TIMES: UW plans to create environmental college (KING5 Seattle)

15 May 2008

The proposed new College of the Environment would be the largest environmental college in the world. It would start with 97 faculty members, 1,135 students and a budget of more than $60 million.