Highlights: Tuition balances carried over from prior fiscal years have been reduced by more than 50% – from $143M in FY13 to $71.1M in FY15. This represents a decrease from a 16% carryover at the …
Year: 2015
Blank: Moving Forward
Chancellor Blank posted the following blog entry on “Blank’s Slate.” Gov. Scott Walker on Sunday, July 12, signed the bill that lays out the state of Wisconsin’s spending plan for the next two years. I …
Governor lets tenure move stand; vetoes changes to student fees, academic staff appointments
Gov. Scott Walker issued his budget message Monday, including vetoes to some provisions affecting UW-Madison and the UW System. Walker let stand changes that remove tenure from state statute and place it in Board of …
Blank seeks vetoes on tenure, shared governance and indefinite academic staff appointments
Chancellor Rebecca Blank today sent two letters to Gov. Scott Walker requesting vetoes of provisions in the 2015-17 state budget. The first letter, regarding changes tenure and shared governance at UW System schools, can be read …
State budget passes Assembly, awaits Walker signature
The Assembly passed a state budget early Thursday morning by a vote of 52-46. The spending plan contains $250 million in cuts to UW System, among other provisions. It next heads to Governor Scott Walker …
Budget passes Senate, heads to Assembly
The Wisconsin Senate passed the state budget late Tuesday on a 18-15 vote. An amendment by Senator Fred Risser to restore $250 million in funding to UW System failed. The budget next heads to the Assembly …
Blank reacts to Joint Finance Committee wrap-up
Chancellor Rebecca Blank issued a statement Friday in response to Thursday’s final meeting of the Joint Committee on Finance. The 2015-17 state budget next goes to the full Assembly and Senate. “I am disappointed that …
Wisconsin Alumni Association supports academic freedom
Reacting to proposed language in the state budget regarding tenure, The President’s Advisory Council of the Wisconsin Alumni Association has written a resolution in support of academic freedom. The council declared its strong support for protection …
Blank: Why State Lawmakers Must Support Tenure at Public Universities
Chancellor Rebecca Blank recently wrote an op-ed for the Chronicle of Higher Education about proposed changes to tenure in Wisconsin. Read the full piece.
Blank responds to scholarly associations’ concerns about tenure, shared governance
In a letter to Chancellor Rebecca Blank, 22 scholarly associations have spoken against the changes to tenure and shared governance proposed by the Joint Finance Committee. “The policies recommended by the Joint Finance Committee and …