UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank today released the following statement in response to Governor Scott Walker’s proposal for funding UW System: I am very appreciative of the new investments Governor Walker is proposing for the UW System. The increased funding, including additional funding for the Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program and our internationally recognized Alzheimer’s research …
Governor Scott Walker today is visiting UW System campuses in La Crosse, Eau Claire and Green Bay as he unveils his proposal for funding UW System over the next two years. Walker will deliver his budget address tomorrow at 4 p.m. Walker’s press release can be viewed here. The Capital Times: Scott Walker proposes 5 percent …
“Some of you run companies,” Chancellor Blank said to the Board of Regents. “You know that if you don’t invest as much as your competitors, you will fall behind.”
A memo released yesterday by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that general fund tax revenues will be $454.6 million higher over the next three years than previously projected. The boost in the revenue projection is due to increased tax collections, departmental revenues and a decrease in spending, the memo says. Wisconsin State Journal: Wisconsin’s budget picture …
Wisconsin State Journal: State of the State: Scott Walker vows to cut UW System tuition for in-state students The Capital Times: UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank calls on state to pay for Scott Walker’s promised tuition cut Associated Press: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker proposes cutting tuition for UW undergraduates Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Walker promises to lower UW tuition, touts …
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank has issued the following comment on Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to lower state resident undergraduate tuition throughout the UW System: “Like Governor Walker, our goal is to make UW-Madison affordable and accessible to all Wisconsin students. It is our hope that the governor and legislature will not only fully fund …
See full text of Governor Scott Walker’s State of the State speech here.
Governor Scott Walker will deliver the annual State of the State address at 3 p.m. today. Watch the address live at WisconsinEye.
Members of UW–Madison’s boards of visitors serve as advisers to schools and colleges across campus. Recently, working with the Wisconsin Alumni Association, hundreds of these advisers signed this letter to the governor and state legislators in support of the UW. WAA also took out newspaper ads across the state.
Speaking to a group of local educators, UW-Madison alumni and supporters in Lake Delton, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said that cuts to the University of Wisconsin System budget are beginning to affect the quality of the institutions. Read the full story at Wisconsin Dells Events.