Noted: While they may have differences, colleges and businesses typically play nice — at least in public. Thatâ??s what made John Wileyâ??s 2008 manifesto so shocking. In his final days as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wiley wrote an essay for Madison Magazine, blasting the stateâ??s largest business lobby for undermining the universityâ??s legislative efforts. Frustrated with Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerceâ??s political positions, Wiley called the group â??the single biggest driver of our politically toxic environment and, thus, the single biggest obstacle to the recovery of the Wisconsin economy.”
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