UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication website. Chancellor heads home, ready to rehab Chancellor Mark Perkins is heading home early this week after successful heart bypass surgery last Thursday at Bellin Hospital. The plan is for about six weeks of rest and rehabilitation before he resumes his normal routine. National education reformer Haycock visits here next week Kati Haycock, a nationally recognized authority on student achievement and educational reform, will deliver the keynote address at the Institute for Learning Partnership's first Fall Conference.
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Haycock is director of The Education Trust, Inc., a national organization established to help launch educational reform efforts. She has made recent appearances on NBC Nightly News and the Today Show to discuss educational reform efforts and has been published and quoted in many educational journals and magazines. The Academic Staff hosted an open forum on the plan Friday. At the same time, the budget would grant Regents more flexibility to spend and set tuition. Final approval of the state budget, if and when it comes, will merely clear the way for the Department of Employment Relations to begin the separate process of finalizing the pay plan for several categories of University employees.