Tag: state budget
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Vos says Walker cut similar to Doyle’s Robin Vos says Walker cut to UW budget is similar to Doyle’s but Dems didn’t protest UW-Superior joins UW-Eau Claire in offering buyouts to some employees
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Summary: UW System President Ray Cross, Town Hall Forums, March 24, 2015
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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 town hall forum; not recorded due to technical difficulties) please refer to audio files available on Chancellor Miller’s blog: http://blog.uwgb.edu/chancellor/2015/03/24/employee-town-hall-with-president-cross/. FROM…
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UW System president hosts pair of ‘town hall’ meetings
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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 to the campus. The audio version of the town hall session with faculty and staff is available on Chancellor Miller’s blog.
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System news: College credit program needs to be funded by school districts
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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 Ray Cross that they would have to pay for the program next year because of the System’s projected $300 million in…
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UW System president to host pair of ‘town hall’ meetings Tuesday
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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 importance to the campus. Cross will hold two “town hall” meetings — a student session at 11:30 a.m. and the faculty…
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Retirees say UW System budget cuts ‘will leave permanent scars’
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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. “Faculty and staff at UW-Green Bay in the past have worked hard to establish a highly recognized university. This level of…
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Report: UW System cut may be reduced, but autonomy in question
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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 that leading Joint Finance Committee members have proposed a “smaller, more manageable cut” while retaining state control. Read more.
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Flexibility ‘on life support’ comment draws attention
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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 the gist, anyway, of an AP story that quotes Rep. John Nygren, co-chairman of the Legislature’s budget-writing Joint Finance Committee, as…
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P-G: Budget proposal would cut $247,000 Oneida compact allocation
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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 tourism and economic development. University spokesman Christopher Sampson said the funding dates to 2001 and the signing of new statewide gaming…
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Eau Claire gets statewide attention for ‘voluntary separation incentives’
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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 of the UW-Eau Claire offer, employees 55 and older with at least five years of service in select departments and units…