You might be interested in reading the following articles about the proposed budget cuts and stripping of shared governance: (2-03-15) Statement by UW Chancellor Blank (2-03-15) Ch3000: Tax Cuts & Voucher School Expansion (2-03-15) New York Times: Walker’s Budget Has… Read More
“The University of Wisconsin-System and its constituent campuses are the envy of the nation in terms of academic quality and reputation because of our shared governance practices. The faculty, academic staff, classified staff, and students all share in the immediate… Read More
Professor Richard Grusin (Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies) spoke during the “persons wishing to be heard” segment at the start of the meeting about the importance of the statutory authority of UW-System and how it worked as… Read More
Here are the most recent developments we have heard regarding on-going discussions about potential UW-System budget cuts, creation of a UW-System “Public Authority”, and potential changes to Chapter 36/faculty governance. Much of this was discussed to some degree by a… Read More
The committee met with Sarah Morgan, Chair of the Academic Staff Committee, and discussed items of mutual interest, including the plenary/joint governance meeting on Wednesday, January 28. The Faculty/Faculty Senate meeting will be held on Thursday, January 29th. We also… Read More
We began with discussions about an upcoming interview with WPR regarding President Cross’s recent comments. We then discussed a new report on salaries and salary comparison with other institutions. We met with Mark Harris and Maria GJ and briefly discussed… Read More