WISCAPE Blog

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Thank you for visiting our blog. We aim to provide a space for WISCAPE faculty, staff, and others to share their viewpoints on key issues and trends in postsecondary education and invite discussion with the broader community. The opinions expressed in blog posts are the authors' own and do not reflect the official views of WISCAPE.
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• Apr 20, 2018

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  Hyun addresses research on immigrant transfer students on WISCAPE podcast

  by Brett Ranon Nachman

  So Hee Hyun, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, discusses her dissertation research on immigrant transfer students' experiences in higher education in the latest episode of WISCAPE's "Now in Higher Ed" podcast. Here are some episode highlights.

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• Apr 17, 2018

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  COWS report to be released at summit examines racial disparity in Wisconsin's college systems

  by Matthew Braunginn

  Matthew Braunginn offers a preview of a new report from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), examining racial disparity in Wisconsin's state college systems. The report will be released at WISCAPE's April 26 summit, Educating a Diverse Wisconsin.

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• Apr 6, 2018

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  Reframing models of inclusion for college students with disabilities

  by Caelyn Randall

  Caelyn Randall argues that, in providing inclusive experiences for college students with disabilities, disability justice advocates should focus on working against carceral systems and practicing Universal Design.

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• Mar 19, 2018

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  Winkle-Wagner discusses mentoring practices in inaugural WISCAPE podcast

  by Brett Ranon Nachman

  In the first episode of WISCAPE's "Now in Higher Ed" podcast series, Brett Ranon Nachman speaks with Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wanger about her study of how college students of color find and experience mentoring and support in STEM fields.

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• Mar 14, 2018

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  This Just Published: Students and faculty with disabilities

  by Brett Ranon Nachman

  This edition of "This Just Published," by Brett Ranon Nachman, highlights three, recently published journal articles focused on college students and faculty with disabilities.

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• Feb 14, 2018

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  This Just Published: Latinx undocumented college student success

  by Daniel Corral

  This edition of "This Just Published," by ELPA doctoral student Daniel Corral, highlights three recently-published journal articles focused on Latinx undocumented college student success.

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• Feb 12, 2018

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  Q&A with Z Nicolazzo, author of "Trans* in College"

  by Kari Dickinson

  We asked Z Nicolazzo (pronouns: ze/hir and she/her/hers), the author of "Trans* In College: Transgender Students' Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion," to share a bit about hir research and perspective on the experience of trans college students in advance of hir visit to UW-Madison next week.

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• Jan 17, 2018

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  This Just Published: Institutional rankings

  by Chen Wang

  This edition of "This Just Published," by ELPA doctoral student Chen Wang, highlights three recently-published journal articles focused on institutional rankings.

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• Dec 14, 2017

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  This Just Published: Biracial students

  by Brittany Ota-Malloy

  This issue of “This Just Published” highlights three journal articles, published over the past year, that focus on the experience of biracial students.

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• Dec 6, 2017

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  A primer on the university endowment and contemporary reform proposals

  by Adam J. Kindschy

  Higher education institutions in the U.S. are typically funded by some combination of the following revenue sources: state appropriations (at public institutions), tuition/financial aid, research grants, auxiliary services, and philanthropy. The focus of this primer will be on the philanthropy revenue source, and more specifically, the university endowment.

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• Nov 27, 2017

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  Davidson's 'The New Education' highlights promising postsecondary programs

  by Brett Ranon Nachman

  Take a snapshot of our current higher education landscape, and the innumerable challenges facing us might cause some to ​turn away from the picture. As Cathy N. Davidson points out in The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux, recently published by Basic Books, we are in a period of rapid transformations, akin to the Panic of 1857 with the rise of new technologies ​such as telegraphy.

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• Nov 15, 2017

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  Higher education institutional planning for Latinx college student success

  by Valerie Crespín-Trujillo

  The rapid growth in the number of Latinx people in the United States has resulted in an increased proportion of Latinx students in our nation’s educational system. Despite the various barriers faced by some Latinx students within this system, cumulatively we are experiencing positive gains in the number of students entering and persisting in grades K-12 and into college. The purpose of this blog post is to briefly feature some of these achievements in educational outcomes for Latinx students and to highlight the strategic planning of a few Wisconsin colleges in relation to this population.

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• Nov 8, 2017

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  This Just Published: Transfer programs and practices

  by Brett Ranon Nachman

  This edition of "This Just Published" highlights recently-published journal articles that address transfer and transitions from two-year to four-year institutions.

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• Oct 30, 2017

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  Q&A with Andy and Dee J. Hall of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

  by WISCAPE Staff

  We asked ​Andy Hall and Dee J. Hall, ​founders of the award-winning Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ), some questions about ​the center, their work with students, and the importance of investigative reporting in advance of their upcoming WISCAPE talk, "Training Truth Tellers: An Experiment at UW-Madison Shapes the Future of Investigative Reporting."

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• Oct 19, 2017

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  More reflections on the proposed UW Colleges and UW-Extension restructuring

  by Noel Radomski, WISCAPE Managing Director

  Limited comments, and minimal critical feedback, have emerged from UW System administration; UW-Madison faculty, staff, and campus administrators; and 72 county leaders and others about the proposed transfer of UW-Extension Cooperative Extension (COOP) from UW-Extension to UW-Madison, which is part of the larger proposed UW Colleges and UW Extension Restructuring. Before the UW System Board of Regents vote on the proposal in November​ -- or, more likely, in spring 2018​ -- several critical questions should be asked, discussed, and answered. Below are several reflections ​ -- and there are more​ -- that should be publicly discussed in numerous locations and settings across Wisconsin.

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• Oct 13, 2017

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  Reflections on the proposed UW Colleges and UW-Extension restructuring

  by Noel Radomski, WISCAPE Managing Director

  On October 11, 2017, President Ray Cross announced a proposal to restructure UW Colleges and UW-Extension to “…improve student access and success, increase efficiency and save resources, and better align with Wisconsin’s future workforce needs.” The proposal calls for the integration of the UW Colleges campuses into UW four-year institutions and assigning UW​-Extension divisions to UW-Madison and UW System Administration. Interestingly, others, such as John Torinus, have in the past suggested a regional approach to Wisconsin’s public postsecondary education. Below are some reflections aimed at contributing to the public dialogue.

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• Oct 9, 2017

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  This Just Published: What's new in LGBTQ+

  by Brett Ranon Nachman

  The inaugural edition of "This Just Published" on the WISCAPE blog, by Brett Ranon Nachman, highlights recently-published higher education articles on LGBTQ+ students.

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• Oct 4, 2017

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  Limits on free speech in an era of censorship

  by Chelsea A. Blackburn Cohen

  We live in a world where we practice censorship daily. In an era where we lament the political gridlock of a two-party system that seems to be failing us, more often than not we mimic the tendencies of that system.

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• Sep 21, 2017

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  ELPA Ph.D. students participate in future faculty development programs

  by Brett Nachman, WISCAPE Project Assistant

  WISCAPE is excited to highlight two notable ​Ph.D. students in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA) at UW-Madison who were recently selected to participate in future faculty development programs at the University of Tennessee and New York University.

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• Sep 14, 2017

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  Q&A with Steven Olikara

  by WISCAPE Staff

  In advance of ​his visit to Wisconsin ​next week, we asked ​Steven Olikara, the founder and president of the Millennial Action Project and a 2012 graduate of UW-Madison, ​some questions about his experience as a student at UW-Madison, his passion for music, and more.

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