Former Regent blasts UW-Madison chancellor
David M. Hirsch admits it has been some time since he was on the UW System Board of Regents. (He served for a few years in the 1990s during the early part of the...
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GOP legislator questions rush on UW-Madison split
Interesting. State Sen. Luther Olson (R-Berlin) has written a commentary piece published in central Wisconsin newspapers in which he questions Gov. Walker’s plan to spin off UW-Madison with this year’s biennial budget. The proposal...
Editor: Cronon e-mail request was lawful… and not that unusual
Bill Leuders is famous in Madison as a respected reporter and news editor of the progressive alternative publication Isthmus. He is also president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council. It’s notable, then, that...
Report: Badgers interested in UW-Green Bay coach
We pass along the following link with absolutely no inside knowledge whatsoever as to the reliability of the information, but both Madison newspapers and the Green Bay Press-Gazette are reporting that the Badgers Athletics...
Governor says he’s willing to consider Wisconsin Idea Partnership
Gov. Scott Walker says he’s open to a plan that would offer campuses in the UW System more flexibility, similar to what he’s offering UW-Madison. Look for the Friday, March 25, entry on the...
President Reilly talks budget during Friday stop in Green Bay
During a visit to UW-Green Bay on Friday, UW System President Kevin Reilly met with members of the media to talk about Gov. Walker’s proposed budget. Reilly told reporters he is concerned that other...
Editorial: Regent plan is ‘better idea’ for UW System
An editorial in the Oshkosh Northwestern calls the plan by the UW System Board of Regents to give flexibilities to all campuses a ‘better idea’ for public higher education in the state than the...
UW-Milwaukee gets vocal
To date, UW-Milwaukee has been a relatively quiet player in the debate over the future of the UW System. The three loudest voices have been the UW System itself, Gov. Scott Walker and UW-Madison,...
Editorial: Give all UW campuses flexibility
An editorial in the La Crosse Tribune criticizes Gov. Walker’s proposal to split UW-Madison from the rest of the UW System. “It makes perfect sense for the state to quit dictating to our university...
‘A new command’ for UW-Madison
UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin makes the case for granting the state’s flagship with public authority status in a commentary in the Chronicle for Higher Education. Martin writes, “If Madison has to absorb deep cuts...
