News - August 2000

  1. University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents to learn about technology and teacher education

    August 31, 2000

    MADISON — With K-12 students returning to school throughout Wisconsin this week and next, it’s appropriate that a highlight of the September 7-8 meeting of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will be a presentation on technology and teacher education. On Thursday, the Education Committee will learn about the work of a UW […]

  2. University of Wisconsin System budget proposal focuses on economic development and the ‘New Wisconsin Economy’

    August 21, 2000

    MADISON — “Building the New Wisconsin Economy” is the theme for the University of Wisconsin (UW) System’s 2001-03 biennial operating budget proposal, to be presented this Friday for consideration by the Board of Regents. The proposal commits the statewide UW System to a larger role in Wisconsin’s economic development, in part by increasing the supply […]

  3. Universities join University of Wisconsin System in distributed learning research; new partners to advance research into web-based teaching and learning

    August 3, 2000

    MADISON, Wis.– In January, the University of Wisconsin (UW) System and the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) joined forces with the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish the Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Collaborative Laboratory. Five other leading universities today announced that they have joined the partnership. Pennsylvania State University, the Rochester Institute of Technology, the […]