In the days leading up to a University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents vote on a controversial new tenure policy, system President Ray Cross wrote that the debate “has exposed the real value of removing tenure related policies from statutory language.”
Faculty at two more University of Wisconsin campuses have passed resolutions saying the have no confidence in the public university system’s leaders. UW-Madison faculty passed a resolution earlier this week saying they don’t have faith in the actions of UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents. Following suit, UW-River Falls and UW-La Crosse passed similar resolutions.
Faculty members at three additional University of Wisconsin campuses are planning no-confidence votes concerning Ray Cross, university system president, and the system’s Board of Regents, the Journal Sentinel reported. The proposed measures at Milwaukee, Eau Claire and Green Bay are similar to a resolution passed by the Faculty Senate at the University of Wisconsin at Madison last week, versions of which were quickly adopted by faculty governance bodies at River Falls and LaCrosse.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System’s public relations and lobbying director is leaving the post at the end of next week to lead a prominent real estate organization.
Last year, $250 million dollars in state funding were cut from the UW system, which also meant a loss of $3.6 million dollars in funding for the UW-Extension, which is charged with broadcast operations like WPR, providing online degrees, and working with all of Wisconsin’s counties on agricultural and economic development issues. We talk to a political writer who says that cutting funding to the extension service is contrary to the Wisconsin Idea and what it means to be a Wisconsinite.
Jim Villa, a long-time ally of Gov. Scott Walker who has led the University of Wisconsin System’s communications and lobbying efforts for the past two years, will leave UW later this month.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate’s recent vote of no-confidence in President Ray Cross and the system’s Board of Regents reflects a growing trend nationwide, Pat Schneider reports for the Capital Times.
Protesters of Gov. Scott Walker’s cuts to the University of Wisconsin system budget disrupted the Stevens Point campus’ celebration as it broke ground Thursday on its first new free-standing academic building in 40 years.
An anticipated wave of no confidence resolutions against University of Wisconsin System officials, in the wake of a similar measure passing at UW-Madison, has begun.
In a unanimous vote Thursday evening, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Faculty Senate supported a resolution of no-confidence in the UW System Board of Regents and the system’s president, Ray Cross.
STEVENS POINT – Protesters disrupted the Stevens Point campus’ celebration as it broke ground Thursday on its first new free-standing academic building in 40 years to lash out against Gov. Scott Walker’s budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin System.
A new study ranks UW-Platteville and Madison as two of the ‘best value colleges’ in the state.
The smartasset.com study ranked schools based on criteria including average starting salary for grads, living costs and tuition.
Former UW-Stevens Point student Jeff Decker has long protested the use of student fees at the system’s schools, crossing the line into harassment and leading UW officials to bar him from entering campuses, according to court rulings.
Madison Area Technical College trustees voted Wednesday to begin the process of leasing the land beneath the college’s downtown facility and investing in a comprehensive campus in south Madison.
A “no confidence” resolution targeting University of Wisconsin System bigwigs and passed Monday by UW-Madison professors is “more than just us whining about tenure, it’s not that at all,” according to atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor Dan Vimont, as quoted by Wisconsin Public Radio.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison has an eye looking out from the center of its seal, with the superscript above the eyebrow numen lumen, translated as something like “divine light.”
Lawmakers have a new solution for the high cost of college: Make the wealthiest universities pay for it.
While many UW-Madison faculty might be satisfied with an overwhelming vote of no confidence in the UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents, some Wisconsin GOP lawmakers are disappointed in the decision. We talk to WPR State Capitol Reporter Laurel White about some of the reactions from GOP legislators to the vote of no confidence.
A Wisconsin appeals court has affirmed a judgment finding a frequent University of Wisconsin System protester guilty of an obstructing an officer while trying to enter a UW-Oshkosh building.
As a member of the Board of Visitors of the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an alumna of UW-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, I’d like to urge the Faculty Senates of the University of Wisconsin System to pass the “no confidence” resolutions against the Board of Regents and system President Ray Cross (“UW wrestles with vote of no confidence,” May 1).
John Behling was not commenting. Reporters were eager to talk with him in February after the controversial faculty tenure policies he shepherded through a months-long drafting process were endorsed by a University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents committee without debate.
A key Republican state lawmaker is calling the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty’s vote of “no confidence” in university leadership a sign that they’re “out of touch” with most Wisconsinites.
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate has approved a resolution of “no confidence” in UW System President Ray Cross and the UW Board of Regents.
Faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have overwhelmingly supported a no-confidence vote in UW System President Ray Cross and the UW Board of Regents.
“The time has come to be fearless and united,” Cynthia Burnson told a packed meeting of the Faculty Senate. Burnson, co-president of the Teaching Assistants Association, urged faculty to stand up and say “enough is enough.” UW-Madison faculty held the opportunity to lead a statewide uprising against leadership that has failed to protect adequate funding and academic freedom, she said.
Faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison overwhelmingly voted Monday to protest UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents, saying they had no confidence in their support for the system’s guiding principle.
Professors at UW-Madison declared Monday that they have no confidence in the leaders of the University of Wisconsin System to uphold their cherished outreach mission in the wake of budget cuts and changes to tenure policies that weakened faculty protections.
The Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison on Monday voted no confidence in Ray Cross, president of the University of Wisconsin System, and in the system’s Board of Regents. The vote follows the board’s rejections of proposals made by faculty groups that they said would protect academic freedom in new system policies on tenure and the elimination of faculty jobs.
Professors at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have voted no confidence in the university system’s president, Raymond W. Cross, and its Board of Regents, the Faculty Senate announced on Monday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty leaders approved a measure Monday afternoon saying they have no confidence in the actions of the UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents.
When University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty take up a “no-confidence” resolution Monday aimed at the system Board of Regents and president Ray Cross, they will be part of a growing trend, says one university governance researcher.
A tumultuous academic year is drawing to a close with faculty at more than half the state’s public universities contemplating drastic votes of no confidence in University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross and the governing Board of Regents.
Gary Bennett wants to assure you he’s not out to destroy the Madison School District. The former legislative staffer leads the new Office of Educational Opportunity at the University of Wisconsin System. That makes him the unofficial “charter czar,” the guy who now has the ability to bypass local school boards and authorize independent charter schools in Madison and Milwaukee.
While state budget cuts may make it more difficult for some students in the University of Wisconsin System to get the help they need to choose the right classes and stay on track for graduation, administrators say they are trying to protect advising and even expand it.
Members of the UW-Madison Faculty Senate consider a no-confidence resolution on UW System President Ray Cross, and the Board of Regents.
MENOMONIE — About $35 million may be available for UW System faculty and staff compensation thanks to lower fringe benefit costs from 1,400 workers leaving the university system, UW System President Ray Cross says.
Facing a likely vote by the UW Faculty Senate next week, on a resolution expressing lack of confidence in his leadership, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross went to bat for faculty on Thursday.
Faculty from UW-Sheboygan and other two-year campuses are sounding off on their disappointment with the decision of University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross to cancel several presentations from chancellors on how they perceive the $250 million in biennial state funding cuts to have impacted their colleges.
Despite fervent student protests, the president of Yale announced on Wednesday that the university would keep the name of a residential college named for the 19th-century politician and white supremacist John C. Calhoun.
The UW-Madison campus is divided over a proposed ‘no-confidence’ vote led by university professors. The resolution was written to speak out against UW System President Ray Cross and the UW Board of Regents.
On Tuesday, Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, defended Cross and the Regents, described the changes to tenure as “minor” and criticized faculty for bringing the no confidence vote.
When states cut higher education budgets, students make up the difference.
A state legislative leader is critical of UW-Madison faculty members who want a vote of no confidence on UW System leadership. “This faculty group seems to be having a hissy fit over some pretty minor charges, which bring us in line with most of the nation’s universities, and do very little to chang the overall idea of tenure,” said Assembly Majority Leader, Representative Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna)
The UW-Madison campus is divided over a proposed ’no-confidence’ vote led by university professors. The resolution was written to speak out against UW System President Ray Cross and the UW Board of Regents.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate is preparing to take a no-confidence vote on UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents for changing the school’s tenure policy.
The concept of “two Madisons” separated by race and class divisions that has shadowed civic discourse in recent years now has entered the debate around whether Madison Area Technical College should close its downtown facility and expand in south Madison.
The governing body for UW-Madison faculty is moving forward with a vote of no confidence on University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross and the System’s Board of Regents — despite a warning from Chancellor Rebecca Blank that approving the resolution could prompt a backlash from state lawmakers.
The dean of UW-Milwaukee’s College of Letters and Science, Rodney Swain, says layoff notices for some contractual instructors could start going out in a month. Students should expect to see fewer course offerings, especially electives, as the university struggles to accommodate recent budget cuts, he said in an interview with Media Milwaukee.
The stress level is running high at UW-Eau Claire this month.Not because of final exams. That traditional source of college anxiety remains three weeks away.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Faculty Senate will vote on a resolution expressing no confidence in UW System President Ray Cross and the system’s Board of Regents on May 2. Among numerous alleged missteps by Cross and the board, the resolution criticizes them for supporting a new systemwide layoff policy for tenured professors that many faculty members said fell short of providing real tenure protections in the event of program closures for budgetary and academic concerns. The board also approved changes to a Madison-specific policy that many professors said watered down tenure protections. The new policies stem from the Wisconsin Legislature’s elimination of tenure from state statute last year.
A special afternoon meeting of the college’s district board gave community members a chance to express their thoughts about the proposal by MATC President Jack E. Daniels that would lease the school’s existing Downtown campus and expand operations on the city’s South Side.
Dropout rates for students at for-profit colleges have remained high in recent years, as just over 40 percent of Wisconsin students who enrolled at the institutions left school without finishing their programs, according to state officials.
Spokesman Alex Hummel said he never saved the video of chancellors rehearsing their presentations because the talks were canceled, and later deleted the files to clear space on a camera so he could record the Board of Regents meeting where the chancellors planned to speak.
Supporters of a Madison Area Technical College proposal to bring a new, comprehensive campus to the city’s South Side are hoping they can convince members of the college’s board, who punted on a similar plan last year, to vote in favor of a shift toward the diverse but historically under-served area.
The MATC south campus would be very close to UW and Edgewood College in a developing residential, business and medical corridor. It would be located in neighborhoods where students, professional workers and families are thriving and is very accessible to transportation routes.
Layoffs, course cuts and consolidation are among the methods the UW System campuses is using to handle new budget cuts. Our guest reporter looks at the how the UW System is absorbing the cuts in funding.
What is this, the academic version of “The Gong Show”? What’s next? Will UW System President Ray Cross tell Becky Blank and other chancellors to sit in a corner and count to 10 because they’re being “whiny”?
The $250 million budget cuts that started in 2015 at the UW system schools are impacting students and faculty.
Students from UW schools around the state got a chance to show off their research projects and learn from others as part of an event officials call “UW Day at the Capitol.”
Mark us as seriously concerned about the impact of reductions in the levels of state funding for the University of Wisconsin System.
