Invoking the spirit of the “uprising” that occupied the Wisconsin Capitol in 2011, UW-Madison faculty and staff are planning a rally and march on Saturday, Valentine’s Day, to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts to the UW System.
The brief disagreement happened outside the meeting on the second floor of the Union South building in Madison. Once the 92-person seating capacity was reached, police denied further entry, redirecting people to a different room where the meeting was being broadcast live, said Alex Hummel, UW System spokesman.
I really hope the state budget wraps up soon, because I don’t know how much more flippant politicking I can take from Wisconsin’s governor/presidential candidate — nor how much more righteous indignation I can take from the officials of multimillion UW-Madison and its billion-dollar parent institution, the UW System.
While the shift isn’t generating the amount of publicity as Walker’s plan to make the Natural Resources Board advisory, the change is significant since it consolidates key borrowing decisions within the Department of Administration, including bonding for transportation purposes. Under the Walker budget, the Building Commission would no longer meet in order to approve projects or the borrowing to make them happen. The commission — which by statute includes members of both political parties and is chaired by the governor — has traditionally met monthly. Instead, the commission would operate under what the budget proposal calls a “passive review process” where items are considered approved unless a majority of Building Commission members request a meeting.
Can you imagine UW-Madison after it has been decimated by Gov. Scott Walker’s budget cuts?
It’s probably only fair to point out, though, that UW-Madison profs might also be suffering from comparatively low wages because so darn many have been promoted to the highest pay category, but there’s only so much money to go around.
Between today and 2020, Wisconsin will have approximately 75,000 job openings that require educational credentials beyond the bachelor’s degree. These include 12,000 jobs in science, technology, engineering and math, plus 22,000 jobs in managerial and professional office work, according to a Georgetown University study.
Greenler is a Madison resident and an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Judy graduated from Bowling Green University in 1962 and married Dave McClain, former UW Head Football Coach. After Dave died, Judy became the executive director of the Henry Vilas Zoo Zoological Society. From there she became a fundraiser for the Madison Community Foundation and was involved in the development of the Fund for Women.
Her last job was with the Spanish & Portuguese Department at UW.
Greiner received all of his degrees from the University of Madison-Wisconsin … (and) upon receiving his doctorate he was appointed assistant professor of electrical engineering in that department. He was promoted to associate professor in 1959 and to full professor in 1961 at … His research of and expertise in included many fields through his professional life: electronics, vacuum tube design, transistor design, solid state devices, acoustics, digital signal processing, digital control systems, acoustic noise control and others. In addition to his teaching and research he took a leave from teaching from 1973 to 1980 to serve as senior academic planner in Academic Affairs in the UW System Administration.
Jo Ellen Fair recalls being shaken when she read through Gov. Scott Walker’s 1,800-page budget bill this week and saw that the state law creating shared governance and tenure at the University of Wisconsin would be wiped out if Walker’s plan is approved by the Legislature.
Kudos to conservative professors James Baughman and John Sharpless for defending UW-Madison in the face of the severe cuts Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to the University of Wisconsin System. It is great to hear such dedicated teachers, scholars and citizens defend UW-Madison, which is a state treasure regardless of any warts it bears.
The governor is proposing a $2.5 million cut in state funding each year over the next two years to the Educational Communications Board, which spends about $19 million a year.
Column by April McHugh, a career and educational counselor for the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Report on panel discussion about the satirical French newspaper.
[T]he proposal by the Walker administration to strike statutory language directing the UW to focus on “public service” and “the search for truth” has turned out to be a healthy development for the state.
A “drafting error” of this scope, defended initially by the governor, is not really an error at all. Sadly, it is a look into the values and beliefs of the governor and those around him. It is good that he backtracked, after the public outcry. Let this be instructive to us in the days, weeks and months ahead as his full budget comes under public scrutiny in the light of day.
For starters, lawmakers should ease the university cut. The governor pitched his historic reduction to the 26-campus System as a trade. UW would lose state aid in exchange for more autonomy from state rules.
In a TV interview on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” Cross said that the cuts proposed in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget could “seriously damage the whole system,” and that he doesn’t think they are inevitable.
Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal was probably going to be responsible for a number of the top stories last week regardless, but a section rewriting the University of Wisconsin System’s mission statement made the administration circle the wagons.
McWilliams is a former chair of the Associated Students of Madison.
But under Gov. Scott Walker’s 2015-17 budget, public broadcasting in Wisconsin faces a sharp 34 percent budget cut next year and an additional 1.4 percent in 2017.
As part of a broader attempt to diminish the state’s support for, and ties to, the University of Wisconsin System, Walker wants to strike “Wisconsin Idea” language from state statutes — including references to public service and a commitment to “search for truth.”
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said Wednesday that more borrowing for road projects, historic cuts to the University of Wisconsin System and flat funding for K-12 schools are the top concerns so far among caucus members.
The head of the board that oversees Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television says he has “a lot of work” ahead of him as he fights a $5 million state funding cut that Gov. Scott Walker proposed Tuesday when he unveiled his two-year budget plan.
Officers were called to the U.S. Bank at 389 East Campus Mall just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Dane County 911 center.
The term “drafting error” may be enshrined as a legendary Wisconsin phrase after Wednesday’s events.
Wisconsinites swooped in to defend the Wisconsin Idea Wednesday from Gov. Scott Walker’s budget bill rewrite of the University of Wisconsin’s mission.
Facing a massive backlash, Gov. Scott Walker retreated Wednesday from a proposal to wipe out language at the foundation of the Wisconsin Idea — the long-cherished principle that the state’s public universities exist to seek truth and serve the people of the entire state.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wants to require drug testing for those seeking a variety of public benefits, dramatically cut funding to the University of Wisconsin System and greatly expand a private school voucher program under a budget he delivered Tuesday that comes as he takes more steps toward a presidential run.
Highlights of Gov. Scott Walker’s $68.2 billion two-year state budget released on Tuesday:
University of Wisconsin School of Business marketing professor Thomas O’Guinn is a commentator in several episodes of a new cable television series about iconic, brand-savvy American business leaders.
Walker’s proposal to disband the Educational Approval Board, an out-of-the-spotlight agency that decides whether for-profit colleges can operate in the state, comes after the board appeared to conflict in recent years with Republican lawmakers over a proposal to set standards for retention and job placement at for-profit schools.
Lawmakers in both parties are questioning whether a proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System is too large.
UW-Madison officials also prepared to negotiate relief from a hard hit from Walker with legislators and with campus allies, bringing in a state Capitol veteran as a lobbyist and producing a simple, slick summary of its budget that showcases the numbers that make its case.
I am a full professor at UW-Whitewater, having taught there for 34 years. Faculty at UW-Whitewater teach eight classes per year, generally twice as much as UW-Madison faculty. Academic staff teach nine classes per year. We do not have teaching assistants to help us with our grading, and we provide much more one-on-one contact with students.
Walker’s autonomy plan has nothing to do with what he tries to pass off as a better way to free the university to gain efficiencies and, in turn, “save” taxpayers money. It has everything to do, though, with the $300 million he can use as a downpayment on the state’s $2 billion budget deficit. Walker not only needs to cover that deficit, but come up with enough additional spending cuts so he can fulfill his promise to make yet more tax cuts in the next biennium.
Gov. Scott Walker unveiled a $68 billion two-year spending plan Tuesday night that calls for a sweeping expansion of private school vouchers, consolidating control over environmental regulation and natural resources, sharp cuts for the University of Wisconsin System and defunding public television and radio.
A great state needs a great state university — as a source of educational opportunity, vital research and economic development. The founders of Wisconsin understood this, making provision in the first state constitution “for the establishment of a state university, at or near the seat of state government.” That provision also speaks of linking the great state university in Madison with “colleges in different parts of the state as the interests of education may require.” And it outlines strategies for supporting and sustaining higher education in Wisconsin.
This year the game, Paul Chryst’s debut as coach, will help fund efforts in the UW Office of Undergraduate Advising. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday for $5 at UWBadgers.com, by calling 1-800-GO-BADGERS or in person at the Wisconsin Athletic Ticket Office.
First, I strongly disagree with the characterization of the original policy as coming “close to constituting a general ‘civility code.’” … Second, in his reference to Dean Soyeon Shim’s comments on Inside Higher Education, Downs mistakenly states that Shim portrays the university’s new policy “as a general civility policy.” … Finally, it is important to recognize that there are a number of ongoing discussions on campus regarding topics such as bullying, civility and inclusion, and to not conflate these distinct conversations.
Three Democratic lawmakers from Dane County on Monday said Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System would damage the local and state economy and the quality of a UW education.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined a strategy Monday at a meeting of the university’s Faculty Senate, where members unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the proposed cut to the UW System in the state biennial budget.
A Madison man pleaded guilty Monday for the rape of a woman near the UW-Madison campus in August.
Walker has said he will propose cutting $300 million from the University of Wisconsin System, about a 13 percent reduction, over the next two years while also freezing tuition. In exchange, Walker wants to give the UW System more freedom from state oversight and laws, a move that university officials have sought for years to give them greater control of their own operations. Much of the debate in the Legislature is expected to focus on the size of the proposed cut and just how much latitude to give UW as it moves toward a public authority model.
A team of students from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is conducting research on foxes and coyotes in hopes of learning how the animals and humans can peacefully coexist.
On Tuesday, Walker will propose a roughly $70 billion two-year budget plan that must solve a shortfall of about $2 billion. Among other things, it is expected to include a dramatic $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System in exchange for more autonomy, flat funding for K-12 public schools, agency mergers and borrowing for road projects rather than raising gas taxes or vehicle fees.
Though I love the game of baseball, why not introduce the oldest, newest game to a varsity position. The sport of lacrosse was founded by Native Americans a very long time before baseball and many other sports were even thought of.
We Are Wisconsin, a labor-backed advocacy group formed in the 2011 “uprising” protests of Gov. Scott Walker’s first biennial budget, is organizing a campaign to stop steep cuts to the University of Wisconsin System penciled into his third biennial spending plan.
To say the state can cut $300 million from the University of Wisconsin System without affecting the quality of education and research is simply not true. Far from saving money, failing to invest in higher education will results in a further lag on our already lagging economy compared to our neighbors.
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cut of $300 million to the University of Wisconsin System comes as other states, nationally and in the Midwest, have inched up funding for higher education, restoring support lost during the economic recession. More increases are expected in coming years.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recently unveiled higher education budget plans would only exacerbate the burgeoning student loan debt crisis.
Some University of Wisconsin students are concerned a proposed $300 million cut to the UW System will ultimately have a negative impact on college affordability and student input.
The nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism www.WisconsinWatch.org collaborates with Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, other news media and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to slash $300 million in funding from the University of Wisconsin and in return for greater autonomy would make it make it harder for low-income and minority students to go to college there, said affiliates of WISCAPE Wisconsin Center on the Advancement of Post-Secondary Education, a UW-Madison think tank on post-secondary education.
Dear Editor: On behalf of our colleagues in the department of neuroscience we write to express our appreciation for our colleague Professor Tom Yin. The false claim that the closing of Yin’s laboratory was a PETA victory reminds us of the fable of the rooster that believed that his crowing in the morning made the sun rise. The professor is 70 years old and, after a distinguished career that has lasted for 45 years, he plans to retire.
It’s probably safe to assume, however, that Aldo Leopold would be proud to know he helped inspire a free University of Wisconsin online course about the role of hunting in conservation and wildlife management moocs.wisc.edu/mooc/landethic. The four-week class — “The Land Ethic Reclaimed: Perceptive Hunting, Aldo Leopold and Conservation” — is part of UW-Madison’s “Massive Open Online Course” series MOOC.
The implication from the headline is that faculty and staff have more time and effort they can give. This is more of the “politics as usual” from the Walker administration. As Gov. Walker stated, “divide and conquer.”
Still, when I hear System officials complain that Walker’s cuts and tuition freeze could cause layoffs, I also hear the sound of the world’s smallest violin playing mournfully in the background.
