Wisconsin State Journal: UW budget request seeks new outreach programs, $4M for student advising Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: UW System details new initiatives Capital Times: UW System seeks $42.5 million to cut student costs, develop workforce Wisconsin State Journal editorial: Keep tuition freeze but increase state aid to University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Leader-Telegram editorial: UW System budget request reasonable
The University of Wisconsin System today released details of the strategic framework, 2020FWD, and the 2017-19 biennial budget request. The items will be presented UW System Board of Regents for discussion and a vote during Thursday’s meeting at the Gordon Dining & Event Center on the UW-Madison campus.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross writes in a new column that the state of Wisconsin is at a crossroads. “We can choose either to invest in our future, in the future of our children, and in the future of our state, or we can give the university system a lower priority and put …
In a recent post on her blog, Chancellor Blank addressed recent discourse around UW-Madison and UW System, along with ways the university can work with the state to move both forward. Related: View the UW-Madison Budget in Brief document (PDF).
In a summary on budget impacts submitted to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, UW–Madison reported that a 10.6 percent reduction in state support in the current fiscal year has created an $86 million budget deficit. To close the budget gap, UW–Madison has cut or redirected spending by $50 million over the next two …