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…

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…

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…

Lapse Cuts As Expected

The Department of Administration announced last week its plan for a $174.3 million budget lapse over the current 2011-13 biennium. $123.2 million must be cut from FY 2011-12, with the remainder coming in FY 2012-13. It was announced in October…