Today’s Wisconsin State Journal editorial page features a letter from Professors Brad Barham and Bill Tracy, the chair and president of PROFS, respectively. Barham and Tracy wrote in response to a column written by Chris Rickert about faculty salaries. Here…
Category: UW System
Regents Discuss Financial Aid
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents met in Madison last Thursday in a regular meeting. The regents discussed the development of new personnel systems and financial aid. Wisconsin Act 32, the 2011-13 biennial budget, requires that UW-Madison and UW…
Legislative Task Force on UW Restructuring to Meet Wednesday
The Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities will meet for the fourth time on Wednesday, March 7. The meeting will be held from 9 am to 12:30 pm in Room 412 East of the State Capitol. The meeting…
February Board of Regents Meeting
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents met in Madison last Thursday and Friday for a regularly scheduled meeting. UW System staff presented Strategies for Cost Containment and Improved Educational Attainment, a report that details the relationship between falling…
Board of Regents to Meet Thursday and Friday
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will meet Thursday and Friday, February 9 and 10, in Madison. An outline agenda for the meeting is available here, and a full agenda is here. On Thursday morning, the regents will…
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Encourages Greater UW Flexibility
A February 5 editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel argued for increased flexibility for the University of Wisconsin System: The universities should have more room to set their own tuition, more room to do their own purchasing, more room to…
Legislative Task Force on UW Restructuring to Meet Wednesday
The Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities will meet for the third time on Wednesday, February 8. The meeting will be held from 9 am to 12:30 pm in Room 412 East of the State Capitol. The…
PROFS Registers in Favor of Telecommunications Bill
PROFS has registered in favor of proposed legislation that would delay the restrictions on the University of Wisconsin System in providing or selling telecommunications services. The bills — SB 375 and AB 473 have bipartisan sponsorship and are supported by…
Optional Retirement System for UW System Employees Proposed
PROFS has learned that State Representative Pat Strachota (R-West Bend) is proposing legislation that would give the University of Wisconsin System the authority to create an optional retirement plan for employees hired after the effective date of the legislation. Strachota…
Legislative Task Force on UW Restructuring to Meet Wednesday
The Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities will have its second meeting on Wednesday, January 11. The meeting will be held from 9 am to 12:30 pm in Room 412 East of the State Capitol. The meeting…