UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley warned Tuesday that proposed budget cuts would devastate the Madison campus, as lawmakers and Gov. Jim Doyle’s aides continued to negotiate a new state budget.
Wiley said the budget proposed by the Assembly would force layoffs of staff members, thousands of classes to be canceled in the spring semester and enrollment caps in some major fields of study.
The result would be fewer students graduating on time and diminished student services, he wrote in a memo distributed to legislators.