Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to shift control of the University of Wisconsin System away from the state and onto a public authority controlled by the Board of Regents met turbulence Thursday, with a top Republican lawmaker saying he’s now skeptical and a national faculty association calling it “a radical assault” on the statewide system.
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