MENOMONIE, Wis. — A healthy University of Wisconsin System is essential to rebuilding the state’s economy. Yet glaring discrepancies in compensation for the faculty and academic staff who power
UW institutions in the state pose a serious threat to our future viability.
Let me explain: Wisconsin has three broad groups of educators who are paid with public funds: the K-12 teachers, those who work in the Wisconsin Technical College System, and the faculty and academic staff who teach for the University of Wisconsin System.