Post by Logan on Apr 13, 2016 15:10:09 GMT -6
Institutions across the University of Wisconsin System have laid off employees, consolidated administration, reduced advising services and cut course offerings over the past year, according to documents released Monday summarizing the impact of state cuts to higher education funding.
The summaries were prepared by each of UW’s universities, as well as its two-year colleges and Extension program, as part of a scrapped plan for chancellors to discuss the cuts at last week’s Board of Regents meeting.
The Wisconsin State Journal last week first reported on the decision by System President Ray Cross and Regent leaders to abort the public presentation to the Regents by chancellors.
Late Monday, the System provided the State Journal with documents that chancellors had prepared for the presentation; the documents were also sent from Regents president Regina Millner to Democrats in the Legislature who had criticized the decision.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/across-uw-system-campuses-reduce-courses-advising-and-jobs-as/article_4e691a26-3930-557c-a8a9-c7ddb10b623d.html
The summaries were prepared by each of UW’s universities, as well as its two-year colleges and Extension program, as part of a scrapped plan for chancellors to discuss the cuts at last week’s Board of Regents meeting.
The Wisconsin State Journal last week first reported on the decision by System President Ray Cross and Regent leaders to abort the public presentation to the Regents by chancellors.
Late Monday, the System provided the State Journal with documents that chancellors had prepared for the presentation; the documents were also sent from Regents president Regina Millner to Democrats in the Legislature who had criticized the decision.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/across-uw-system-campuses-reduce-courses-advising-and-jobs-as/article_4e691a26-3930-557c-a8a9-c7ddb10b623d.html