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UW System president Ray Cross warned chancellors that lawmakers could remove tenure and shared governance from state law, emails obtained by the State Journal show.
STEVE APPS ā State Journal archivesUniversity of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross warned top campus leaders in early January that shared governance and faculty tenure ā two cherished benefits for university employees ā were under threat from state lawmakers, according to emails obtained by the State Journal under Wisconsinās open records law.
Ray Cross was named president of the 26-campus University of Wisconsin System in February 2014.
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The state's biennial budget may not be finalized until May or June.
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Regents to lawmakers:Ā The cuts are too deep, the public authority model needs more study, and shared governance and tenure must be preserved.
Scott Walker's plan to grant the UW System autonomy appears to be on "life support," although his proposed $300 million cut is unlikely to change.
Cross' answer was short āĀ "Yes" āĀ and came in response to a question from Richard Grusin, a UW-Milwaukee English professor who started an onli…
Just call him Ray caught-in-the-Cross-fire.
The Assembly Speaker also said Thursday he would seek to reduce a proposed $300 million cut to the UW System.
State funding is just one source of revenue. See university funding sources.
The UW Board of Regents vowedĀ to push back against the proposed budget cuts and correct misconceptions about how the schools function.
Facing a massive backlash, Gov. Scott Walker retreated Wednesday from a proposal to wipe out the language at the foundation of the Wisconsin Idea.
Wisconsin is one of a handful of states that hasn't restored higher education funding in this fiscal year to where it was in 2009-2010.
The governor is proposing a $300 million cut in exchange for more autonomy for the 26-campus system.
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