The state is not offering enough financial incentives to retain qualified college administrators, according to educators Sunday, with two UW-System chancellors leaving for better-paying positions.
Nine names of the 55 candidates for the new chancellor of the University of Wisconsin were released Friday, though at least one said the university violated the terms of his application in doing so.
Of the 55 people who applied for the top spot at Wisconsin’s public flagship university, all but nine names remain secret.
Rumors swirl about internal applicants for the job, but the list of non-confidential candidates doesn’t name any insiders. One candidate, Albert L. Wiley Jr., comes closest to being a local – he was a UW-Madison professor for two decades.
The new chancellor will succeed John Wiley, who announced he would step down in September.
Of the 55 people who applied for the top spot at Wisconsin’s public flagship university, all but nine names remain secret.
Rumors swirl about internal applicants for the job, but the list of non-confidential candidates doesn’t name any insiders. One candidate, Albert L. Wiley Jr., comes closest to being a local – he was a UW-Madison professor for two decades.
With UW-Madison finances closely tied to the state Legislature, several key lawmakers Wednesday said they would like to see a diverse array of qualities in the next chancellor.
On the final day of its series on the UW-Madison chancellor search, The Daily Cardinal interviews outgoing Chancellor John Wiley on his experiences at UW-Madison and his thoughts on the search for his replacement.
A year after dropping out of the running for another top job, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard has decided now is his time to go.
Shepard, 61, has been named the preferred candidate for the presidency of Western Washington University, a school of more than 13,000 in Bellingham, Wash.
Fifty-five applications have been received by the committee charged with filling the position Chancellor John Wiley will vacate when he steps down this fall.
Not only does it take a lot of money to run a university, but it also takes quite a bit to get someone to run it.
For UNC it most likely will take a lot more in the future.
As university leaders’ salaries have increased around the country, Chancellor James Moeser’s salary, recently raised to $390,835, is only slightly more than half of some of his peers’ at other public institutions.
For the first time in decades, the University of California has appointed an outsider as its chief. Mark G. Yudof, who has been chancellor of the University of Texas system for the past six years, was appointed last week to become the California system’s next president.
The UW-Madison received 55 applications by the Thursday deadline for the position of chancellor that will become vacant when John Wiley leaves the post in September.
One who did not apply was Boston Mayor Thomas Menino who, as a nominee, received one of the 250 application packets.
Menino made it clear to a Boston Globe reporter that he was not interested.
But packets were sent out to everyone who was nominated by people within or outside the University of Wisconsin.
Could Mayor Thomas M. Menino reinvent himself as a cheesehead? Unbeknownst to the mayor, someone has floated his name as a candidate to be the next chancellor – the Big Cheese, if you will – at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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A thick packet arrived at City Hall a few weeks ago from the land of dairy cows and the Green Bay Packers, imploring Menino to give up City Hall for an academic idyll in the Midwest.
It takes five pages to describe the job of UW-Madison chancellor.
The comprehensive document covers everything from a commitment to scholarly values to fundraising and having an interest in the appropriate use of new technologies.
“Certainly anybody who makes the short list will know exactly what they’re in for,” said Chancellor John Wiley, who’s held the top job at the state’s flagship university since 2001. He’ll step down in September.
Some things just don’t fit into job descriptions.
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley, who will step down in September, talks about some of his adventures while holding the university’s top office.
University of Wisconsinâ??s Search and Screen Committee asked members of the university community Thursday afternoon what they desire in the next chancellor, with responses ranging from supporting environmentally friendly policies to improving faculty retention.
State legislators announced Wednesday the characteristics they want to see in the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin â?? from sound economic skills to quality leadership skills.
UW-Madison students, faculty, alumni and Madison community members voiced opinions, concerns and suggestions for the next UW-Madison chancellor to a panel of representatives from the Chancellor Search and Screen Committee Tuesday.
Attendees of the University of Wisconsinâ??s Search and Screen Committeeâ??s open forum Tuesday said they want the next chancellor to take the university to the next level.
Madison, Wis. – At the University of Colorado in Boulder, which is akin to the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a mountain view, many faculty and students are aghast over the state Board of Regents’ selection this month of a businessman with no academic credentials as the president of the three-campus university system.
One of the enduring legacies Chancellor John Wiley will leave when he steps down in September is the increased non-state funding he has procured for our university. Our endowment has skyrocketed; over the Wiley years, we have joined an elite group of universities with endowments above $1 billion.
What do University of Wisconsin-Madison employees want in the new chancellor who will replace John Wiley when he steps down in September?
Some answers came in a public forum conducted by the chancellor search committee this morning at the Health Sciences Learning Center — though frigid temperatures, icy roads and a 7 a.m. start time limited attendance.
Kurt Zimmerman, an academic staff member in the School of Medicine and Public Health, said the committee should seek a campus leader who can improve legislative relations to correct a sometimes combative relationship with state legislators who control part of the university’s budget.
To stay competitive in its search for a new chancellor, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is planning to sweeten the pot â?? by as much as 66 percent.
While a pay raise is overdue, that’s a big chunk of change at one time. But it’s also the top of the proposed pay range, the $370,000 to $425,000 that university officials are considering for a salary as they begin to recruit for a successor to John Wiley, who steps down in September.
In the modern, knowledge-based economy, UW-Madison ‘s leadership in research, innovation and education is a valuable state asset.
To maintain and enhance that asset, the state needs to put top-quality leaders in charge. To attract that kind of leadership in a competitive market, the university should pay what is needed, within reason.
The UW System Board of Regents will meet this week to discuss the salary of Chancellor Wileyâ??s successor.
It is anticipated they will raise the earnings of the next chancellor $42,500 to $125,000 more than Chancellor Wileyâ??s current salary to attract a more qualified applicant. In order to maintain a quality university, the Board of Regents would be wise to vote in favor of this increase.
When a new chancellor begins at the University of Wisconsin this fall, he or she will likely earn a significantly higher salary than current Chancellor John Wiley.
Women represent a significant share of the senior campus administrators whose jobs are most likely to lead to a college presidency, according to a new survey by a leading higher-education group. But when it comes to members of racial minority groups, the supply of such potential leaders is much smaller.
A report released this week on a study by the American Council on Education revealed that womenâ??most of them whiteâ??made up fully 45 percent of senior administrators. Only 16 percent of senior leaders surveyed were members of minority groups. (Detailed statistics from the report, on senior college administrators by type of institution and by type of position, are available here.)
The University of Wisconsin systemâ??s Board of Regents is considering a proposal this week that would raise the pay ranges of its university leaders and system executives to bring their salaries more in line with those of their peers, according to an article by the Associated Pres
The head of the state Assembly Colleges Committee is lashing out at a new proposal to raise the salary ranges for University of Wisconsin chancellors.
Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, says itâ??s irresponsible to consider raising the Madison chancellorâ??s salary by 66 percent.
With a new budget deficit looming, he says other state employees might be lucky to get 2 percent raises.
The UW is looking for new chancellors at Madison, Parkside and Nassâ??s hometown of Whitewater.
A plan for big pay raises for chancellors in the UW System isn’t playing well at the Capitol.
State Representative Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), who chairs the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, says increasing the pay range for the UW-Madison chancellor to nearly $450,000 is irresponsible. Nass says it’s not something the state can afford at this time, when it’s facing a possible $600 million budget shortfall.
The UW Board of Regents wants to pay top University leaders more, in order to attract higher quality candidates for open positions. But a state lawmaker says thatâ??s irresponsible given the shaky economic situation in Wisconsin. Brian Bull reports. (Audio.)
With the University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor position up for grabs, the UW System Board of Regents will deliberate this week on a new plan to increase the salary range of several different leader positions systemwide.
University of Wisconsin System officials are mulling a potentially huge pay raise for the next UW-Madison chancellor in hopes of attracting the best candidates to the top job at the state’s flagship school.
MADISON, Wis. â?? University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s next leader could earn $42,500 to $125,000 more than Chancellor John Wiley under a plan meant to attract more candidates for the position.
The UW System Board of Regents will consider increasing the salary ranges of university chancellors and system executives during its meeting on Thursday and Friday.
Board President Mark Bradley said Monday the higher ranges are needed to attract top candidates as regents recruit new chancellors at the Madison, Parkside and Whitewater campuses
The UW System Board of Regents is being asked to increase salaries for top university officials.
UW System spokesman David Giroux says the Board of Regents is expected to vote on a proposal this week that would raise salary ranges for chancellors and system executives. Giroux says the measure would help to bring salaries for top UW officials into the lower end of what similar campuses are paying their top officials.
University of Wisconsin students are now able to nominate candidates for the seat Chancellor John Wiley will leave when he steps down this upcoming summer.
The search for the next University of Wisconsin chancellor kicked off Friday afternoon with the first official meeting of the Search-and-Screen Committee.
Associated Students of Madisonâ??s Shared Governance Committee selected two students to serve as student body representatives on a chancellor search and screen committee late Tuesday.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly appointed a committee last week that will begin the search for a new UW-Madison chancellor.
The University of Wisconsin System will soon have three chancellor searches in the works.
Chancellor John D. Wiley’s annual earnings of $341,495 – including a state-provided car, free housing, retirement pay and club dues – may seem generous to the average Wisconsin taxpayer. But it may not be enough to attract a top leader to take the reins at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when Wiley steps down in September.
“That is one of the most underpaid great jobs in America,” said Stephen Trachtenberg, former president of George Washington University and a consultant with executive search firm Korn/Ferry International.
