As UW-Madisonâ??s academic year comes to a close, its future leadership is the focus of a Chancellor search that has been underway since February. The UW Board of Regents will pick a replacement for UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley, who is leaving in September, at its meeting early next month in Milwaukee. On consecutive days this week, the final four candidates — out of more than 50 applicants — took part in meet-and-greets at Memorial Union.
All four identified the same top priorities: raising faculty salaries, putting extra effort into fundraising and corporate sponsorship, and maintaining the universityâ??s status as a premier research institution. But they differed in nuance and style. The Daily Page was there to size up each candidateâ??s selling points and setbacks.