MADISON, Wis. (AP) University of Wisconsin-Madison has long been an attractive target for elite schools like Harvard and Stanford looking for top academics. But now other public universities are among the faculty poachers, and school administrators are worried.
Dozens of professors have left in the past two years, and Chancellor John Wiley said a growing number are going to schools that traditionally could not compete with the state’s flagship university. More than 115 professors reported receiving outside offers last year, the most in 20 years and more than double the number from five years ago.