UW-Madison, please don?t go.That?s the gist of a letter to state legislators Wednesday, signed by all of the chancellors in the University of Wisconsin System ? except UW-Madison?s Chancellor Biddy Martin. The 13 university leaders asked legislators to support the Wisconsin Idea Partnership, a UW System proposal that calls for more autonomy for all UW campuses, but as part of a unified system. In a dueling letter, also to state legislators, Martin wrote that she is “skeptical” of the UW System plan. She charged that details are not clear, while a plan that would make UW-Madison a “public authority” with its own board of trustees is already in Gov. Scott Walker?s proposed budget.
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