UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and Provost Paul Deluca put out this statement thanking a pair of ad hoc committees on campus for their work in looking into the proposed restructuring of the $900 million research enterprise on campus.
Itâ??s at least mildly surprising that the UW-Madison administration appears to agree with much of what these reports were saying. The statement put up on the universityâ??s website Tuesday reads, in part: “We are inclined to agree with the major recommendations of the faculty task force. We are eager to hear from the broader campus community and are committed to working with the University Committee and faculty on developing and implementing a plan of action before the conclusion of the academic year.”