Ray Cross says he'll resign if UW budget cuts, loss of shared governance maintained by Legislature

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Ray Cross at Joint Finance Committee

University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross during state agency budget briefings earlier this month.

M.P. KING — State Journal

Ray Cross at JFC

University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross during state agency budget briefings earlier this spring.

M.P. KING — State Journal

Ray Cross at JFC (copy)

University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross answers questions during state agency budget briefings in March before the Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance.

M.P. KING — State Journal archives

DAN SIMMONS , 608-252-6136

In early January, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross wrote to UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone that the coming fight over Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to slash System funding and spin it off from state control — then known only to the highest-level UW officials and some high-ranking lawmakers — would be bruising but necessary.

Chris Rickert: UW's Ray Cross a scapegoat for faculty's refusal to face reality

Chris Rickert: UW's Ray Cross a scapegoat for faculty's refusal to face reality

Just call him Ray caught-in-the-Cross-fire.

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UW public authority is dead though some flexibilities may survive

The public authority proposal was the second piece in Walker's controversial budget proposal for the system.

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Tenure, shared governance at UW face uncertain future as Legislature tinkers with Scott Walker budget

The future for tenure and shared governance in the state isn't altogether clear, and recent comments have revealed a deep disconnect between u…

UW cut trimmed but tenure, shared goverance changes infuriate faculty

UW cut trimmed but tenure, shared goverance changes infuriate faculty

The lawmakers restored at least in part two key operating flexibilities that were included in Walker's public authority model.

UW President Ray Cross feared lawmakers would curtail shared governance, tenure

UW President Ray Cross feared lawmakers would curtail shared governance, tenure

The System released emails to the State Journal under the state's open records law.

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Committee members announce new UW plan

MADISON (AP) | The co-chair and another Republican member of the Legislature’s powerful budget committee panel said Wednesday that they don’t …

UW Regents

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Regents to lawmakers: The cuts are too deep, the public authority model needs more study, and shared governance and tenure must be preserved.

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To protect our children, we need to vet Scott Walker's proposal for a UW System public authority. Take it out of the budget.

UW head Ray Cross: $300M cut is 'too much and too fast'

UW head Ray Cross: $300M cut is 'too much and too fast'

The UW System president tells the legislative budget committee he favors Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to turn the 26-campus system into an ind…

UW professors urge Ray Cross to withdraw support for new UW public authority

UW professors urge Ray Cross to withdraw support for new UW public authority

The group of professors and students said that too little is known about how the new governing body would work, saying there is "no evidence" …

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