Evers was unable to undo the $32 million cut to the University of Wisconsin, which was funding that Republicans said would have gone toward diversity, equity and inclusion — or DEI — programming and staff. The budget Evers signed does allow for the university to get the funding later if it can show it would go toward workforce development and not DEI.
Another area that Evers vetoed was the elimination of 188 jobs in the University of Wisconsin system that were focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, a Republican priority. He did not roll back a $32 million University of Wisconsin budget cut aimed at curbing funds for DEI programs, however. Under the Republicans’ proposal, the University of Wisconsin is still able to access those funds, but it must get approval from GOP legislators regarding its use first.
Last week, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Biden administration’s attempt to cancel or reduce student loan debt. Nicholas Hillman, a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at UW-Madison and expert on higher education finance, joins us to talk about what the decision means for millions of borrowers.
We learn about a potential new bill that would aim to prevent losing top academic talent in Wisconsin to other states.
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Republicans will withhold $32 million in funding for the University of Wisconsin System unless it ends diversity, equity and inclusion programming. The statement comes one day after a veto from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers reinstated 188 DEI positions at state campuses with a budget veto.
At least one member of the board overseeing the University of Wisconsin System is pushing for more transparency about the dire financial situation facing some campuses.
The governor protected the 188 positions within the University of Wisconsin System focused on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, a point of emphasis for Vos. Evers eliminated a tax break for people in the top two income brackets, prompting a rebuke from the Assembly leader.
Evers, who used his partial veto powers to rewrite portions of the Republican-authored 2023-25 budget, eliminated the earmarked funding that would have helped Washington County create a community college concept that merged the resources of UW-Milwaukee at Washington County and Moraine Park Technical College, both of which have campuses in West Bend.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Thursday the University of Wisconsin System won’t be able to get $32 million the Legislature set aside for its workforce programs unless it eliminates programs addressing diversity and equity.
July is a key month for corn pollination, making the next few weeks all the more critical for the crop. That’s according to Jason Otkin, an associate research professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in drought.
“We’re entering a really important time of the year now for the corn crop — pollination in July is so critical. So if we stay dry, and if we get really unlucky and have a big heat wave, that’s going to do quite the number on the corn crop,” he told “The Morning Show.”
Thomas played for the Badgers from 2003-2006, earning All-American honors during his junior and senior seasons.
The ideal candidate was someone who’s worked at different levels, as a head coach and an assistant, with various levels of program support and, yes, with goaltending experience to fill in a gap on the staff in that area. Murdock checked the boxes. He was announced Thursday as an assistant coach and was heading to Madison to start putting things in place.
UW will pay UW-Platteville up to $150,398 in facility rental costs and for lodging and food during the Aug. 1-8 stay in southwestern Wisconsin. That doesn’t include transportation to and from Platteville, a 72-mile drive from the team’s facilities at Camp Randall Stadium.
Love can be expensive, whether its dates, a wedding or even having children. Sarah Halpern-Meekin, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology, joins us to discuss the impact that costs and economics have at different stages in romantic relationships.
“The justices of the court were reluctant to make a kind of strong, strict statement that we must run in the same way that other states do and were confronted with trying to thread the various needles, you know, did you specify every possible thing?” University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Howard Schweber explained.
