The 2013-14 legislative session began today when legislators were sworn in at 2 pm. Republicans regained control of the Senate (18-15) and enjoy the same majority in the Assembly as they did last session (60-39). A tentative floorperiod schedule was…
Author: Michelle Felber
PolitiFact on UW System Faculty Salaries
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and PolitiFact Wisconsin recently examined a statement by University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly asserting that “faculty salaries at UW System institutions have now fallen more than 18 percent below the national average.” Reilly made…
UW-Madison Political Scientists: Election Day Registration Works in Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professors Barry Burden, David Canon, Ken Mayer and Donald Moynihan offered their view on election-day registration in the December 27 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Governor Scott Walker mentioned eliminating same-day voting in a speech at the…
UW-Madison Faculty: Providing Results for Wisconsin
PROFS met with staff from the office of Governor Scott Walker last week and spoke to them about the faculty at UW-Madison and the integral role we play. A pdf of the handout used at the meeting can be found…
University of Wisconsin System Budget Request
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released the Overview of State Agency Major Request Items Wednesday. The University of Wisconsin System budget request is part of the document. As reported earlier this year, System’s budget request is modest — a 1.9 percent…
Regent Update
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents took action on several items last week, including raising the cap on non-resident students at UW-Madison, increasing the pay range for chancellors at UW-Madison and UW-Eau Claire, and approving UW-Madison’s HR Design plan. On…
December Regents Meeting
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will meet at UW-Madison today and tomorrow, December 6 and 7. A full agenda of the meeting is here. Webcast archives of the meetings are here. Interim Chancellor David Ward addressed the…
Journal Sentinel on UW-Madison’s Chancellor Search
Karen Herzog and Bill Glauber of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel write that the search for a new UW-Madison chancellor will soon begin in earnest. The deadline for nominees is December 21, and the 25-member search committee is expected to winnow the…
UW System Flexible Degree Program to Begin in Milwaukee Next Year
Governor Scott Walker and University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly provided more details about UW System’s Flexible Option degree program at a press conference in Milwaukee yesterday. The program was announced earlier this year, but with few details. Many…
Rifkin Criticizes Governor Walker’s Plan for Higher Education
Writing in today’s Inside Higher Education, former UW-Madison professor Ben Rifkin says that Governor Scott Walker’s plan for public education is fundamentally wrong. Rifkin currently serves as dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences as the College of…