WISCAPE programs promote timely dialogues among postsecondary education leaders, researchers, policymakers, and other key stakeholders with the goal of increasing their understanding of leadership and management issues, best practices, and current research. These programs encourage participants to share their differing viewpoints on the challenges facing postsecondary education, an important component in promoting effective postsecondary education leadership practices and policies. WISCAPE's various programs and series are described in greater detail below.
To learn about programs scheduled for the current semester, please visit the WISCAPE Calendar.
WISCAPE conferences and forums combine a variety of formats, including public lectures, panels of stakeholder representatives, invitational presentations, guest lectures in graduate-level courses, and scholars-in-residence programs. Brown bag forums, held over the noon hour, are smaller, less formal gatherings in which postsecondary education researchers, practitioners, and policymakers share their current research and reflections with an audience from around campus and the Madison community.
Organized by scholars at the University of Bristol (UK), the Ideas and Universities International Video Seminar Series aims to find a shared language and offer a forum to examine past and present models of internationalization in higher education. Linked by distance technology, a diverse group of scholars and university leaders from around the world explore key issues in higher education and globalization from current and historical perspectives. This series is made available on the UW–Madison campus thanks to funding and support from the UW-Madison Division of International Studies, the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Bristol (UK), the Worldwide Universities Network, and WISCAPE in cooperation with the UW–Madison Department of Educational Policy Studies.