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Summary: UW System President Ray Cross, Town Hall Forums, March 24, 2015
Below is a condensed summary of UW System President Ray Cross’s comments in town hall meetings at UW-Green Bay, March 24, 2015. For full audio (except for the opening five minutes at the student...
UW System president hosts pair of ‘town hall’ meetings
UW System President Ray Cross visited UW-Green Bay Tuesday (March 24) to meet with students, faculty and staff to listen to concerns and hear suggestions regarding the state budget and other matters of importance...
System news: College credit program needs to be funded by school districts
The UW System will no longer cover the cost of a dual-enrollment program for high school students to earn college credit. The Wisconsin State Journal reports school districts were told by UW System President...
UW System president to host pair of ‘town hall’ meetings Tuesday
UW System President Ray Cross will visit UW-Green Bay Tuesday (March 24) to meet with students, faculty and staff to listen to concerns and hear suggestions regarding the state budget and other matters of...
Retirees say UW System budget cuts ‘will leave permanent scars’
On behalf of the 200-plus-member UW-Green Bay Retiree Association, president and former professor James Wiersma has written a letter to the editor opposing Gov. Walker’s budget and its “devastating cuts” for the UW System....
Report: UW System cut may be reduced, but autonomy in question
A proposed $300 million, two-year cut to the UW System may get drawn down, but autonomy pitched to offset those losses could be axed. That’s how the Milwaukee Business Journal characterizes last week’s news...
Flexibility ‘on life support’ comment draws attention
It doesn’t look like the Legislature will support Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to grant the UW System autonomy from state oversight and laws, including the setting of tuition rates, key lawmakers said Tuesday. That’s...
P-G: Budget proposal would cut $247,000 Oneida compact allocation
The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported online Friday that among the additional losses for UW-Green Bay under the proposed state budget would be elimination of $247,500 in funds from Oneida Tribe gaming revenues intended for...
Eau Claire gets statewide attention for ‘voluntary separation incentives’
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt has announced that voluntary separation incentives will be offered to about 325 eligible faculty and staff. No other campuses have announced buyouts. Under the terms...
