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 on Wednesday, where it is scheduled to be taken up after 11:30 a.m. and voted on late in the evening. …
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 the budget proposal coming out of the Joint Committee on Finance does not eliminate or modify the language around faculty …
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 of tenure and urges Gov. Walker and the legislature “to ensure that state statues and policies do not weaken the …
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.
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 included in the 2016 budget pose a direct threat to academic freedom by expanding the circumstances under which tenure can …
UW-Madison’s Academic Staff Assembly passed a resolution Wednesday opposing proposed legislative changes to shared governance, academic staff appointments and tenure. 574 – Resolution on UW System Omnibus Motion The motion read, in part: “Therefore be it resolved, the Academic Staff Assembly of the University of Wisconsin-Madison calls on the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance …
Video of the June 15 faculty forum with Chancellor Rebecca Blank can be viewed here.
In the second faculty forum in less than a week addressing proposed legislative changes to tenure and shared governance, Chancellor Rebecca Blank on Monday reiterated that the principles are “absolutely integral” to the university. “Academic freedom is important to a strong university,” Blank said. “I will not accept a tenure policy that is inconsistent with …
Chancellor Blank will hold a listening session TODAY at 4:30 p.m. in Varsity Hall at Union South as part of continued consultation with faculty on proposed legislation affecting tenure and shared governance. Video of the session will be streamed here. A session for junior faculty will be scheduled in the near future.
As part of continued consultation with faculty on proposed legislation affecting tenure and shared governance, Chancellor Blank will hold a listening session at 4:30 p.m. Monday in Varsity Hall at Union South. Video of the session will be streamed here. A session for junior faculty will be scheduled in the near future.