UW System President Ray Cross is working closely with state lawmakers and the governor’s office, in hopes of reducing funding cuts to the system. An English professor last month in a public forum asked Cross point blank whether he’d resign if he couldn’t achieve that goal. Cross replied emphatically, “Yes.”
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is considering merging its College of Fine Arts with its College of Letters and Science as it struggles with a proposed 25 percent cut in its state aid.
The UW Board of Regents met at UW Waukesha on Thursday to discuss the looming cuts if Governor Walker’s proposed budget goes through unchanged.
The proposed 300 million dollar cut to the University of Wisconsin System budget would be too hard on the state’s two year campuses, like Marshfield and Wausau. That’s according to State Representative John Spiros, who says he is working with other lawmakers including Representative Dave Heaton of Wausau to try saving the two year campuses from the budget cuts. “In our two year schools, I know that we have one in the campus here at Marshfield, there’s campuses throughout that would be hurt immensely from those budget cuts.”
UW-Madison had two top choices for researchers at the Carbone Cancer Center and at the nursing school, but medical officials there say the uncertainty of the budget led to their picks choosing somewhere else.
UW-Madison’s first choices for director of the Carbone Cancer Center and a top-level faculty researcher in the nursing school turned down the jobs in early February because of concerns about declining funding and clout at the university, according to records obtained by the State Journal under the state’s open records law.
Civic and business leaders, legislators, members of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, UW staff and campus shared governance leaders will participate in a discussion on the future of public higher education in Wisconsin next week.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is taking a long-promised plan to raise tuition for nonresident and professional students to the Board of Regents this week.
MILWAUKEE WITI — The University of Wisconsin System campuses are searching for ways to plug the $300 million budget cut Governor Scott Walker has proposed. It could mean certain students will soon be paying more to go to college.
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh students are speaking out against what university officials say amounts to a $7.5 million funding cut in the proposed state budget.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam released a proposal Monday detailing a tuition increase for nonresident and international undergraduate students and for several graduate programs at UW-Madison.
Faced with the prospects of state budget cuts and two more years of a tuition freeze for in-state undergraduates, nine University of Wisconsin System campuses will seek permission this week to raise nonresident, international, graduate and professional school tuition by as much as 20%.
Ray Cross’ stated willingness to resign as president of the University of Wisconsin if the GOP-controlled legislature and Gov. Walker don’t relent on the $300 million cut to his budget demonstrates just how much he needs to reposition the university in strategic terms.
University of Wisconsin officials are caught between different constituencies: communicating to legislators, students, faculty and the public. This week’s cover story explores the balancing act of campaigning for the best possible outcome while preparing for the deepest possible cuts and endeavoring to protect core academic offerings.
Dozens of college students enrolled at schools within the University of Wisconsin System are spending their spring break speaking out against Governor Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts.
As the University of Wisconsin System seeks to pare back its spending wherever possible, one means of mitigating the cuts is likely off the table: the often-floated possibility of merging the two-year UW-Waukesha and four-year UW-Milwaukee campuses.
The rally, and statewide letter writing campaign against the cuts, has been organized by a student group called UW Students Against Education Cuts.
A spokesperson for Blank said Thursday that there a no plans to change the operating model of the golf course.“The university is exploring numerous avenues to mitigate the proposed budget cuts, including suggestions on costs savings and efficiencies received from faculty, staff and the public,” John Lucas, executive director of university communications, said in an email.
Cross said at a forum on Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial budget Wednesday at UW-Eau Claire that the review system for tenured professors should include probation if warranted, and dismissal if gaps in performance are not addressed, Wisconsin Public Radio reports.
UW System President Ray Cross remains hopeful state lawmakers will reduce the proposed $300 million budget cut to Wisconsin public universities after negotiations between “two extremes.”
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross called for changes in how campuses handle tenured faculty on Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is being hit particularly hard by the governor’s proposed budget cuts to the UW System. School officials point to the elimination of entrepreneurial research in so-called segregated programs as one of the toughest hurdles.
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students — angered by proposed university system spending cuts — invited other UW students from throughout the state to participate in a rally Thursday in Madison.
Gov. Scott Walker proposed a biennial state budget in early February that called for large cuts to education. So what does that mean for Madison College and our students?
UW-Oshkosh officials hope an early retirement option will help the school deal with Governor Scott Walker’s proposed funding cuts.
Two campuses within the University of Wisconsin System announced Tuesday they are offering employees a voluntary retirement buyout with a one-time payout equal to 50% of an employees annual base salary.
Four University of Wisconsin System schools (Oshkosh, Eau Claire, Superior and Green Bay) are offering employees buyouts to help absorb their shares of a $300 million system-wide cut in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget.
In their matching gray #SaveOurUW T-shirts, members of the Associated Students of Madison traveled to the Joint Finance Committee hearing at Reedsburg High School Thursday to vocalize their concerns over Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
The proposal to eliminate the Educational Approval Board is part of Walker’s proposed 2015-17 budget. Since its unveiling in February, the board’s Executive Secretary David Dies has been trying to persuade state lawmakers to reject the idea.
In all of the debate over the cuts to the University of Wisconsin System in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget plan, the group that has the most at stake is the most often overlooked:
It can be statistically proven that the wealth of nations lies not with the oil and minerals in their lands, their strategic locations or the prominence of their armed forces, but rather in the level of education that their citizens have achieved. I will testify that I have found the pathway to happiness and success through education.
Thousands of University of Wisconsin System advocates put together 12,000 pages of petition signatures and public comments that were submitted to a legislative finance committee considering massive cuts to the system, a group of system supporters said Thursday.
When Gov. Scott Walker proposed a $300 million cut to the state’s university system over two years, Democrats called it a “massive” and “destructive” blow.
Ray Cross pledged Wednesday to resign as president of the University of Wisconsin System if he fails to secure a substantial reduction in proposed state budget cuts and is unable to protect tenure, shared governance and academic freedom for UW campuses.
Cross, facing withering criticism, told a UW-Milwaukee gathering of employees and students that he’d resign if he can’t substantially reduce the $300 million cut and preserve cherished employee protections including shared governance, tenure and academic freedom. He stood by his answer later, saying in an interview that “I don’t believe any higher education leader wants to be any part of an institution that doesn’t have tenure or shared governance.”
The smallest four-year campus among 13 in the University of Wisconsin System has offered buyouts to older employees, becoming the second university to do so in the face of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut funding to the universities by $300 million the next two years, the steepest drop in history
As a University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman, I would like to take the opportunity to voice my opinion about the proposed $300 million budget cut to the UW System for the 2015-17 biennial budgets. The affordability of UW-Madison relative to other highly regarded institutions is what makes this school attractive to so many students. I personally foresee an issue with these cuts, specifically for freshman and future attendees of UW System schools. I was drawn to UW-Madison because of the innovation and dedication to students at a fair price. I fear that those accepted into other highly regarded universities across the country will begin to choose elsewhere if tuition is raised, ultimately lowering the quality of students in attendance.
The University of Wisconsin-Superior will join UW-Eau Claire in offering buyouts to staff who voluntarily leave the university.
PROFS, a lobbying organization for UW-Madison faculty, will zero in on Scott Walker’s game-changing budget plans for the UW System at a free public forum Wednesday.
For UW System President Ray Cross, March will be filled not only with basketball, but visits to various state colleges and universities for conversations about Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
A leading Democrat predicts devastation if Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million cut over two years to the University of Wisconsin System is adopted.
Cash-strapped Wisconsin school districts next year will have to cover costs of high school courses that earn students college credit after the University of Wisconsin System decided it could not continue to pay for them.
I recently learned that when the semester ends in May, nearly half of my immediate co-workers, maybe more, will be out of a job. Of course, adjuncts like me are often “out of a job,” since our contracts go only from semester to semester. But because I’m an adjunct in the University of Wisconsin system — the one that’s made headlines thanks to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300-million budget cuts over the next two years — this time it feels different.
As the state Legislature debates Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed funding cuts and structural changes to the University of Wisconsin System, a UW-Madison professor is asking lawmakers not to do away with the shared governance model currently in place.
A leading Democrat predicts devastation if Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million cut over two years to the University of Wisconsin System is adopted. Mostly true.
The plan from Rep. John Nygren, the Joint Finance Committee co-chair, and Rep. Dean Knudson, R-Hudson, would still grant more autonomy to the system — and it would seek to reduce the proposed $300 million in cuts.
The Retirees Association of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, a 200-plus-member organization of retired faculty and staff, has grave concerns about the devastating cuts in Gov. Walker’s proposed budget for the UW System. Collectively, we have experienced much smaller cuts in the past and are aware of the negative impacts cuts have on student educational experiences and opportunities.
University of Wisconsin System officials aren’t saying much now as Republican legislative leaders signal that they don’t want the public authority for UW that Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposes. But in the months leading up to the budget’s release, UW administrators worked early, long and diligently to craft a legal restructuring that would bring them more autonomy and less bureaucracy.
If we want to ensure UW is efficient and cost-effective for students, any potential changes need to mind the importance of tenure and shared governance. That’s according to our guest’s recent opinion piece weighing in on the governor’s proposed budget cuts to the UW-Madison.
A proposed $300 million, two-year cut to the University of Wisconsin System may get drawn down, but autonomy pitched to offset those losses could be axed.
Members of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee are holding the first of four public hearings on the state budget today.
Two key Wisconsin lawmakers are proposing changes to Governor Scott Walker’s plans for the University of Wisconsin System. Joint Finance Committee co-chair, Representative John Nygren R-Marinette and committee member Representative Dean Knudson R-Hudson announced plans on Wednesday that include a smaller, more manageable cut, instead of the $300 million cut proposed in the governor’s budget.
The Republican co-chair of the Legislature’s budget committee says he’s working on a plan to remove the proposed public authority from Gov. Scott Walker’s University of Wisconsin budget.
A new legal entity to give the University of Wisconsin System autonomy from cumbersome state rules is appearing less likely by the day, and two more key lawmakers went on record Wednesday as supporting a smaller budget cut than the $300 million over two years proposed by Gov. Scott Walker.
The co-chair and another Republican member of the Legislature’s powerful budget committee panel said Wednesday that they don’t support giving the University of Wisconsin more independence from state oversight, in another sign of dwindling support for Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to do just that.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals to cut the University of Wisconsin system budget and to issue bonds for an arena in Milwaukee are among topics likely to be discussed during a state budget hearing Friday in Milwaukee hosted by the state Legislature’s influential Joint Committee on Finance.
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s top administrator says more flexibility in planning for the future will help weather the storm of proposed budget cuts in the long term.
Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to grant the University of Wisconsin System autonomy from state oversight and laws appears to be on “life support,” although his proposed $300 million cut is unlikely to change, key Republican lawmakers said Tuesday.
Other Republicans — and some Democrats — joined Joint Finance Committee co-chair Rep. John Nygren in saying that Walker’s plan is in serious jeopardy as faculty, staff and students at UW-Madison, for example, are opposing the reorganization of the UW System as a public authority.
The Republican co-chairman of the Legislature’s budget committee says Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to detach the University of Wisconsin System from state oversight appears to be on life support.
