Tough recipes for tough times. Except in academia.
When Gov. Jim Doyle proposed a leaner budget for state operations, it included cuts of $63.4 million for the University of Wisconsin-Madison over the next two years.
That seemed in line with cuts to state agencies and the idea that in difficult economic times, there has to be some belt-tightening across the board.
But UW-Madison wants to take a few notches off that scrimping with a new plan called the â??Madison Initiative for Undergraduates.â?