From Wisconsin lawmakers focusing on school employee raises to a big donor cutting ties with Harvard, below are the best-line figures from some of our biggest new tales.

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35,000
The tough number of staff members in the Universities of Wisconsin method. State lawmakers excluded them from fork out increase approvals for all point out workforce as portion of a prolonged struggle in excess of the system’s shelling out on variety, equity and inclusion initiatives.
 
$30M
The funding Birmingham-Southern Faculty, a private institution in Alabama, is missing out on for the reason that of a denied point out bank loan application. This 7 days, the college or university sued the state’s treasurer for denying the bid and advised the courtroom it most likely would not be capable to continue to keep functioning without having emergency aid.
 
216
The quantity of staff at the College of Wisconsin Oshkosh who will be laid off or who took voluntary buyouts as portion of the college’s downsizing. UW-Oshkosh is also allowing 34.5 positions go unfilled — with these moves collectively conserving the college about $14.7 million.
 
34
The variety of years the Wexner Foundation experienced a romantic relationship with the Harvard Kennedy University. Previously this 7 days, the key donor stated it was reducing ties with the university, alleging the institution’s leaders unsuccessful to acquire a “clear and unequivocal stand” from the Hamas assault on Israel previously this thirty day period.
 
12
The range of training teams that a short while ago requested the U.S. Department of Schooling to give a business day for when it will release the new Totally free Software for Federal Student Assist. A lack of a release date could hamper the FAFSA form’s debut, they argued.