This week, a committee recommended that lawmakers consider splitting off the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the state’s public system, Virginia colleges reported that the new ban on legacy admissions didn’t impact freshman enrollment, a court rejected an appeal attempting to block the settlement of Sweet v. Cardona, and the University of Chicago received a $75 million gift to help build a new cancer center.
A committee studying Wisconsin’s public university system recommended that lawmakers consider splitting off the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the state’s public university system. The split could give the flagship more freedom to compete internationally while leaving the state system’s governing board to focus on the dozen remaining universities, many of which are struggling with enrollment and financial declines.
Representatives from a number of Virginia public colleges and universities– including the University of Virginia and the College of William & Mary– reported that the state’s recent ban on legacy admissions had almost no statistical impact on this year’s incoming freshman class. Virginia is one of only five states to pass a ban on legacy admissions.
A court rejected an appeal attempting to block the class-action settlement between student borrowers and the U.S. Department of Education that clears $6 billion in debt for roughly 200,000 borrowers. The case Sweet v. Cardona was originally brought in 2019 by students who alleged the Education Department mishandled borrower claims.
The University of Chicago received a $75 million donation from the AbbVie Foundation to aid the construction of a new cancer center, which is slated to open in 2027. The $815 million, 575,000 square-foot center will seek to revolutionize advanced cancer care and research.
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