It’s no secret that many with ties to higher education in Wisconsin were giddy upon learning Nov. 4 that Democrats had secured control of the state Assembly, putting the party in charge of both houses of the state Legislature and the governor’s office for the first time since 1986.
University of Wisconsin System leaders have been frustrated for years by what they perceive to be inadequate financial support from the state.
Quoted: Howard Schweber, UW-Madison professor of political science and law, and Noel Radomski, director of the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education