UW-Madison officials complain frequently about raids by other universities that pay more to steal key faculty, leading Gov. Jim Doyle to include a $10 million faculty retention fund in his proposed UW System budget earlier this year.
But the University of Wisconsin-Madison takes as well as gives.
Statistics from the UW show that faculty received 116 offers from others in 2005-06, and 78 of those were retained — 67 percent. But the UW-Madison offered 176 positions and 116 accepted — 66 percent — during that time.