I support my fellow chancellors? call for forms of flexibility they believe would be appropriate on their campuses. I was not asked to sign the letter, presumably because of my support for the model proposed in the governor?s budget for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I could not, in good faith, have endorsed a plan that has, as yet, no details that would allow us to assess whether the benefits to UW-Madison are comparable.
I have been presenting the New Badger Partnership, UW-Madison?s integrated plan for a new business model, for more than a year. I also have consistently argued that all UW campuses need greater flexibility and local decision-making. [A column by Chancellor Biddy Martin].