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The proposed budget cuts and move to a public authority for the University of Wisconsin System will hurt low-income students, low-wage workers and low-enrollment campuses most, said a statewide students group that vowed Monday to fight the changes.
Student life, college news, and campus quirks, brought to you by higher-education reporter Dan Simmons.
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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.
The UW Board of Regents vowed to push back against the proposed budget cuts and correct misconceptions about how the schools function.
Rebecca Blank has decried a proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System.
"They don’t need to look any further than the East Wing of the State Capitol," Sen. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, said in a statement.
The state's biennial budget may not be finalized until May or June.
The System released emails to the State Journal under the state's open records law.
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