Gov. Scott Walker refuses to fund road repairs with the revenue sources dedicated for this purpose by law — the gas tax and license fees. This has resulted in a billion deficit in the roads budget.
A Wisconsin think tank that riled up faculty on University of Wisconsin System campuses several months ago with a report deriding tenure protections has issued another report likely to elicit similar reaction.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin has endured budget cuts for 10 of the past 12 years, and those cuts have taken their toll, says Rebecca M. Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which ranks 15th among public universities. The liberal-arts program in particular has endured faculty losses, and the school has been unable to invest in high-demand programs like computer science, engineering and nursing, she says. (Subscription required.)
Preliminary figures suggest the University of Wisconsin System could lose about 5,000 students this school year.
Preliminary fall enrollments are in for University of Wisconsin campuses and while many held steady or saw slight gains, the two-year colleges collectively took a 22.3% hit, UW-Stevens Point fell 6.8% and UW-Milwaukee lost 4.7%, compared with final enrollment numbers from last fall.
As Gov. Scott Walker and the Legislature consider the request for $42.5 million in new state funds for the University of Wisconsin System in the 2017-19 biennial budget, they should not only accept this proposal but also embrace the teaching and learning functions of Wisconsin’s colleges and universities as the centerpiece of the state’s workforce development strategy.
After nine years of research and teaching chemistry at Wisconsin’s Madison campus, Mahesh Mahanthappa left Wisconsin this year to teach chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota.
Column by Jack Williams, a geography professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: In the wake of a $250 million state budget cut and weakened protections for intellectual freedom, I’ve thought carefully about my family, my career, the University of Wisconsin, and whether I still felt a calling to serve Wisconsin and The Wisconsin Idea. It hasn’t been easy. It’s difficult to express my pride in being a part of the University of Wisconsin.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin System approved a budget request in August that asks lawmakers for an additional $42.5 million over two years to fund a range of new initiatives, including increased advising services and programs to connect students with state businesses. The System also stands to receive a $50 million increase over its current state funding if lawmakers restore $25 million that was lapsed from UW in the current fiscal year.
During a campus budget forum held Wednesday evening at the Gordon Dining and Event Center, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank asserted now is the time for the state to reinvest in higher education.
UW-Madison eliminated 420 positions and laid off 50 employees over the past year as it managed its share of a $250 million reduction in state higher education funding, Chancellor Rebecca Blank told faculty, lawmakers and employees Wednesday.
A shortage of rural doctors that can practice obstetrics is causing UW Madison to change its program. No more doctors in training will be learning in smaller towns.
The cost of college remains on the minds of students, parents, campus administration and legislators alike as the UW System considers what it could face in Wisconsin’s next biennial budget, which Gov. Scott Walker will announce early spring semester.
Noted: Meanwhile, here in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker just informed the University of Wisconsin System that it will receive no new funding in his next budget.
Some of Wisconsin’s leading and most politically connected business executives are behind Badger Advocates’ new strategy to increase lobbying of the Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature to address their concerns that UW-Madison’s world-class status is being hurt by budget cuts and weakening the tenure system for professors.
Assembly Republicans plan to give every high school freshman in Wisconsin access to a laptop or tablet over the next two years and are open to ending Gov. Scott Walker’s University of Wisconsin System tuition freeze, lawmakers said Wednesday as they outlined their plans for the upcoming legislative session.
With Election Day approaching, state Assembly Republicans previewed their plans for 2017, calling for laptops or tablets to be issued to all high school freshmen, signaling a possible end to the University of Wisconsin System tuition freeze and saying it’s imperative to solidify state road funding — potentially with tax or fee increases or highway tolls.
As Gov. Scott Walker kicked off the budget crafting season Wednesday by floating the idea of a sales tax holiday for back-to-school shopping next year, Republican legislative leaders are signaling their contempt for proposed “cultural competency” expenditures by the University of Wisconsin.
UW-Madison is launching a new ad campaign touting the work of alumni in each of Wisconsin’s 72 counties as part of an effort to drum up support for the University of Wisconsin System’s request for new funding.
State support for the University of Wisconsin System has dropped more than a third over 15 years, says a new report by the Wisconsin Budget Project.
Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to provide new funding for the University of Wisconsin System based on its performance in measures such as graduation rate and job placement would subject the System to a budget model that critics say has failed to deliver on its promise to improve higher education.
It’s time for Wisconsin to increase its investment in its public universities. After too many years of huge cuts by both Democrats and Republicans, the University of Wisconsin System deserves the additional $42.5 million investment it is seeking in the next state budget. The key word is investment.
Gov. Scott Walker has been declaring his intention to impose performance-based funding on the University of Wisconsin, saying it is working well at the state’s technical colleges.
Investing in the University of Wisconsin System is an investment in the state’s human capital, President Ray Cross said during a visit Monday with the La Crosse Tribune’s editorial board.
Gov. Scott Walker is considering lifting the University of Wisconsin tuition freeze for the 2018-19 school year.
As Regents, we have a strong responsibility to keep the University of Wisconsin System affordable and accessible for Wisconsin families. We feel just as strongly about protecting the quality and excellence for which the UW System is known the world over. The reasons for ensuring this are compelling.
The Board of Regents approved the UW System’s request to increase the operating budget by $42.5 million for the 2017-’19 biennium budget. The regents also passed two other proposals, both unanimously: a strategic framework for the system titled 2020FWD and a capital budget request that calls for $454.6 million in general fund-supported projects.
Amid a series of power outages, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents unanimously approved the a plan to help further connect UW students to the Wisconsin economy, in addition to both the 2017-19 operational and capital biennial budgets.
Gov. Scott Walker says he’s entertaining multiple options for a possible tuition freeze at the UW, and that leaders have indicated to him they are “comfortable” with a one-year freeze.
The future of the freeze on University of Wisconsin System tuition is becoming murkier after UW officials said Gov. Scott Walker is open to ending the cap after a one-year extension in the next state budget, and the governor did not commit Thursday to a longer limit.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents endorsed a budget request Thursday asking the state for $42.5 million more in funding to support a package of initiatives designed to help students earn degrees more quickly with skills for a 21st century workforce.
The University of Wisconsin System is asking for one new building in its 2017-’19 capital budget request; the rest of the $455 million request approved Thursday by the Board of Regents would renovate, remodel or repair buildings.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is asking Governor Scott Walker for millions of dollars in additional funding after a four year tuition freeze and $250 million was cut from the system last year.
Governor Scott Walker says no decision has been made yet on how his budget will address the future of a University of Wisconsin tuition freeze.
Gov. Scott Walker won’t say whether he plans to freeze tuition at state universities for one year or two in the next two-year state budget.
The University of Wisconsin system’s Board of Regents has approved a budget request for $42.5 million in new funding. Regent Tony Evers voted no. “This budget in my estimation falls short of what the university system needs,” Evers said. “I understand the politics of asking for money.”
Governor Scott Walker says no decision has been made yet on how his budget will address the future of a University of Wisconsin tuition freeze.
The University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents approved a request for $42.5 million in new state spending on Thursday.
The state Legislature’s nonpartisan budget office says the state could have to spend roughly $30 million more on several University of Wisconsin System building projects that were delayed in the last budget.
Seven University of Wisconsin building projects Gov. Scott Walker delayed in the current budget to keep borrowing down now cost $30 million more, according to the state’s nonpartisan budget office.
The University of Wisconsin System’s request for the next state budget includes a new initiative that would require all students, professors and staff members to take part in training programs designed to instill “cultural fluency.”
UW-River Falls was one of the 26 Wisconsin college campuses affected by statewide budget cuts to higher education made two years ago. This month the budget for 2017-19, that will hopefully repair some of that damage, will be reviewed by the Board of Regents.
UW System President Ray Cross is getting ready to present the UW System 2017-19 budget request to the Board of Regents and Governor Walker. In total, Cross said the UW System will ask for $42.5 million in new state GPR. In June, the UW System and the Board of Regents approved asking for $19.2 million in funding for the Wisconsin Grant administered by the Higher Educations Aids Board (HEAB).
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is asking the Board of Regents to approve a budget request that asks for $42.5 million in state funding for a package of expanded efforts to keep college affordable and develop the state’s future workforce.
Letter to the editor from Carmen Gosey, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying political science and legal studies.
UW System is an engine for economic growth that needs investment after years of cuts, layoffs and lower staff morale.
University of Wisconsin System officials say they will spend millions of dollars on new programs meant to push educated students into the workforce if lawmakers approve their request for a $42.5 million funding increase in the next state budget.
The University of Wisconsin System’s 2017-’19 biennial budget request hits on all the major themes for meeting the state’s workforce needs and helping more first-generation students earn a college degree, but it offers few details about how an additional $42.5 million requested from the state would be spent.
Years of budget cuts under both Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his predecessor, Democrat Jim Doyle, have made for a lean UW System.
Column: In 1974, General Electric was headquartered in New York City, and was looking for a new home. Many of GE’s executives had already moved to Fairfield, Connecticut, drawn by the good schools, small-town atmosphere and suburban lifestyle.
Gov. Scott Walker will include new funding that is tied to how University of Wisconsin System campuses perform in certain areas in his next budget proposal.
The in-state tuition freeze has been in place for years. Now, as part of the University of Wisconsin System’s budget request, it could be lifted.
Gov. Scott Walker will include new funding for the University of Wisconsin System that will be tied to how it performs in certain measures as part of his next budget proposal, a spokesman said Tuesday after UW officials laid out their request for tens of millions of dollars in new state support.
The University of Wisconsin System wants to borrow $455 million in the next budget to construct one building and repair others, bringing it into potential conflict with Gov. Scott Walker’s strict limits on new state debt.
GREEN BAY – University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s top leader hopes the community will support increased funding for state campuses as Wisconsin lawmakers begin to piece together a 2017-19 budget.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he wants to extend the tuition freeze for state universities, but UW System leaders are asking him to reconsider.
The vice-chairman of the state Senate Universities and Technical Colleges Committee says continuing a tuition freeze for University of Wisconsin campuses for another two years is a “clear choice” for state lawmakers to make.
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Chancellor Jim Schmidt’s message is simple, “More state investment is needed to maintain the quality of the student experience.”
The University of Wisconsin System is poised to ask lawmakers to lift the cap on in-state tuition and reverse years of declining support for higher education with a funding increase of $42.5 million in the next state budget.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is proposing a $42.5 million increase in the 2017-’19 budget, despite Gov. Scott Walker’s warning to expect zero growth in the next two years.
