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Governor candidates Tom Tiffany, Josh Schoemann call for changes to UW, including tuition freeze

In the Republican race for governor, Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann has some big ideas for the state’s public universities.

He said he is open to eliminating tenure protections for professors, would consider closing a four-year public university and sees merit in spinning off the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the Universities of Wisconsin, also known as the UW system.