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:
Gov. Scott Walker put major changes to Wisconsin’s education system on the table Tuesday as he introduced his proposal for the state budget to the state Legislature.
Gov. Scott Walker laid out his $68 billion budget proposal for the next two years Tuesday, calling for major changes at the University of Wisconsin System and an extension of the tuition freeze for in-state undergraduates.
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.
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.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 fight with public-sector unions sparked huge protests—and elevated him into a national figure in conservative politics. Now, as he eyes a run for president, he is targeting another group on the public payroll: university professors. (Subscription required.)
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.
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.
On the eve of Gov. Scott Walker’s long-awaited budget proposal, including $300 million in cuts to the UW System, student and faculty organizations around the state are planning their reaction to the expected hit.
To preserve his past property and income tax cuts and avoid a gas tax increase, Gov. Scott Walker’s budget would cut state universities by $300 million over two years and borrow the more than $1billion needed for state roads.
In the six weeks before word began leaking out about unprecedented budget cuts Gov. Scott Walker had in mind for the University of Wisconsin System, efforts already were underway to negotiate a deal that would satisfy the governors desire for something “BIG,” while reducing the impact on campuses.
Gov. Scott Walker will unveil his next two-year state budget on Tuesday night, fleshing out the details on what he wants to cut to fill Wisconsin’s budget shortfall.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal came through with the flexibilities that University of Wisconsin System leaders have been asking for, but the catch is what drew ire last week
The price of freedom from state regulation has gone up for the University of Wisconsin.
Higher education costs a lot of money. The University of Wisconsin System, which serves 180,000 students and employs 39,000 people in Wisconsin, asks a lot. Its budget includes more than $1 billion in state money; tuitions have been rising, putting pressure on many middle-class families; the system leans on federal grants and private donations and other revenue sources. It’s expensive.
The private, non-profit foundation, entrusted with managing the lion’s share of UW-Madison’s intellectual property portfolio, is ranked sixth in the world in patents obtained for new technologies, with 160 patents issued to WARF in 2013.
The Wisconsin academic community is filled with shock and frustration after Governor Scott Walker unveiled his proposal to cut the UW-Systems budget by $300 million. Professors are just as frustrated with his recent comments that the system could find savings by adding to faculty members workload.
While University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross has said its too early to know whether proposed state budget cuts will lead to layoffs, he indicated on a radio talk show Thursday morning that will look first at the “back office.”
Sen. Steve Nass of Whitewater, one of the system’s toughest critics and vice-chair of the Senate’s universities committee, has warned the plan would allow regents to raise tuition at will starting in 2017.
People don’t understand what university professors do, UW System president Ray Cross said Thursday as he panned Gov. Scott Walker’s suggestion that professors work harder to absorb his planned $300 million cut to the system.
Before Gov. Scott Walker proposed cutting funding for the University of Wisconsin System by $300 million, university leaders were already trying to find ways to save money through overhauling business practices.
The University of Wisconsin System has come under increased scrutiny from the state Legislature in recent years, with some lawmakers questioning the need for certain programs and research. To address some of that criticism, UW System President Ray Cross said he wants to take a closer look at what’s going on inside and out of the classrooms.
Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget, the University of Wisconsin System would be given more independence while having its state funding cut by 13%. Joy Cardin’s guest reporter lays out the details of the plan. Then, UW System President Ray Cross gives his mixed review of the pitch. …
University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross on Thursday blasted recent comments by Gov. Scott Walker that UW faculty should teach more classes and work harder in a radio interview.
Katie Couric, the longtime “Today” show host and former anchor of “CBS Evening News,” will be the keynote speaker at commencement on May 16.
“They might be able to make savings just by asking faculty and staff to consider teaching one more class per semester,” Walker told reporters Wednesday in Madison … Vince Sweeney, vice chancellor for university relations at UW-Madison, said the most recent survey data found UW-Madison faculty spend 50 to 70 hours per week teaching and supporting students, participating in research and other activities. “It should be noted that many also bring in millions of dollars in grant funding that is a direct boost to the Wisconsin economy,” Sweeney said. Grant Petty, president of PROFS Inc., the professional group representing UW-Madison professors, said he doesn’t know any UW faculty who don’t already spend 50 hours a week or more doing what are considered the “essential duties” of their job.
Gov. Scott Walker suggested Wednesday that the University of Wisconsin System could ask its professors to teach one more class per semester to help alleviate the $300 million in cuts he has proposed.
With less than a week to go before Gov. Scott Walker formally rolls out his proposed 2015-17 state budget, a clash of rhetoric is swirling around the governors proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross bristled on a Thursday radio talk show at Gov. Scott Walker’s remarks the day before that faculty and staff could teach more classes and work harder.
It’s safe to say when we put Reinvigorating The Wisconsin Idea on our editorial agenda for the year we never dreamed it would be perhaps the most important issue facing our state in 2015.
Gov. Scott Walker said his plan for the University of Wisconsin System should force changes in teaching loads at schools across the state.
Gov. Scott Walker said the University of Wisconsin could ask its faculty to teach more classes and do more work to offset funding cuts in Walker’s state budget proposal.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a potential 2016 GOP contender who never earned a college degree, has proposed a huge cut in funding for the University of Wisconsin system over the next two years.
Faculty and staff in the University of Wisconsin System should be “teaching more classes and doing more work,” Gov. Scott Walker said during an interview Wednesday morning with a Milwaukee conservative radio talk show host.
UW-Madison students might face tuition increases and less oversight of the UW System if certain provisions of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal, announced Tuesday, are approved by the state Legislature.
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 13 percent, $300 million budget cut for the University of Wisconsin System would lead to layoffs across the UW-Madison campus, chancellor Rebecca Blank said Tuesday, even though she and others see a long-term benefit in another part of the plan to give the university greater autonomy. The proposed spending cut is believed to be the most severe in the System’s nearly 45-year history. It would be accompanied by another two-year tuition freeze and come in exchange for System control over its finances, including major building projects.
After days of speculation over the future of the University of Wisconsin System, Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday he wants more autonomy for the UW System along with $300 million in funding cuts and an extension of the tuition freeze.
Of the $300 million Gov. Scott Walker R-Wisconsin is proposing to cut from the UW System in his next two-year budget request, roughly $120 million would be taken away from UW-Madison.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Tuesday that she has not yet seen full details of Governor Walker’s plan, adding “I am concerned about the magnitude of the proposed budget cuts and their impact on UW-Madison. “These proposed cuts are believed to be the largest in the history of the university. In the past, large cuts have always been mitigated by additional tuition revenue from resident and non-resident students,” Blank posted in a blog.
Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to cut the University of Wisconsin System by $300 million over two years would likely lead to layoffs, but closing campuses is not on the table at this time, top school officials said Tuesday.
University of Wisconsin officials are warning of layoffs and cuts to student services following Gov. Scott Walkers announcement of planned budget cuts to the UW System.
The price of freedom from state regulation has gone up for the University of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin universities now face the largest budget cuts in their history, even as colleges in other states crawl out of budget holes.
Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a 13-percent cut in state funding for the University of Wisconsin System at the same time that he wants to give all campuses more freedom from state laws.
The University of Wisconsin System will be given more autonomy, while having its state funding slashed by 13% over the next two years, under the budget Gov. Scott Walker will submit to the Legislature next week, the governor told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview on Monday.
Overall, there are 2,619 Chinese students at UW-Madison for the 2014-2015 school year, up 159 from last year, which had been the highest. However, the numbers of new freshmen and total undergraduates dropped a bit from last year, with applications down slightly for the coming year as well, Andre Phillips,senior associate director of recruitment and outreach, said. Enrollment of Chinese students grew 356 percent from 2003 to 2013 at UW-Madison as the world’s most populous country reaped benefits of newfound wealth. The trend mirrored national enrollment numbers for Chinese students.
The University of Wisconsin System will be given more autonomy, while having its state funding slashed by 13 percent over the next two years, under the budget Gov. Scott Walker will submit to the Legislature next week.
The University of Wisconsin System will be given more autonomy, while having its state funding slashed by 13 percent over the next two years, under the budget Gov. Scott Walker will submit to the Legislature next week.
In coming years, the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin may become more than academic at some University of Wisconsin campuses. They may find themselves in a Darwinian struggle to remain open and relevant in the face of two more years of expected state budget cuts and a tuition freeze for state undergraduates also expected to be extended another two years.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison cat research lab that was the focus of protests by animal-rights groups and a Hollywood actor quietly closed more than a month ago, a university spokesman said Friday.
As UW System officials brace for funding cuts in Gov. Scott Walker’s new budget, an organization of UW-Madison faculty says the campus cannot absorb much more.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has quietly halted controversial experiments using cats, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals reported Friday.
MADISON – A University of Wisconsin-Madison cat research lab that was the focus of protests by animal-rights groups and a Hollywood actor quietly closed more than a month ago, a university spokesman said Friday.
Despite its record enrollment this year, the loss of instructors at UW-Stout keeps Chancellor Bob Meyer awake at night.
