MADISON, Wis. – The coming months will be critical in Kevin Reilly’s young tenure as University of Wisconsin System president.Reilly, 57, has traveled the state building support for his budget request and now must persuade Gov. Jim Doyle and lawmakers to fund the plan at a time when the state faces a budget deficit and competing priorities.
Reilly’s Growth Agenda would require millions of dollars in additional state investment to pay for some campuses to enroll more students, a new research program at UW-Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Covenant.