The University of Wisconsin System was put on notice Monday that its policies for paid leaves and backup appointments could face broad scrutiny by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau.
If so, that would bring to three the number of high-level probes or reviews under way since lawmakers learned in June of the seven-month paid leave of UW-Madison administrator Paul Barrows. Already, Madison attorney and Law School professor Susan Stein- gass is investigating the matter for UW-Madison and the System, while the UW Board of Regents – the System’s governing board – plans a review during its regular meeting in September.
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