It took a few weeks of hemming and hawing, but at last the University of Wisconsin System has come to see the wisdom of having a full-fledged outside audit of its employment practices.
Anyone looking for an explanation for why the UW System has a hard time winning legislative support for its finances need look no further than the early responses of UW officials to requests by members of the state Assembly and Senate for information on how many system employees have been convicted of felonies.