The reaction to next week’s forum has been very positive and we’re getting requests for copies of the flyer for the event. The image below, a small jpeg version, can be downloaded here. We are already discussing future forums, building…
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Campus Forum on Financing Public Higher Education: Feb 23, Memorial Union
How will we pay for public higher education in Wisconsin and at UW–Madison in the years to come? This will be the topic of a public forum later this month on the UW–Madison campus. PROFS, the Public Representation Organization of…
Smart furlough resolution passes, and PROFS in the news
We have noted here recently that the Faculty Senate was going to vote today on a resolution supporting Rep. Kelda Helen Roys’ Smart Furlough bill (AB 551, full text available here). At the meeting this afternoon, it passed — unanimously,…
Faculty Senate resolution on Smart Furloughs
When the UW–Madison Faculty Senate meets at 3:30 on Monday, February 1 in Bascom Hall Room 272 (pictured here), we will vote on a resolution to support the Smart Furlough legislation. As pointed out in this forum earlier, we strongly…
PROFS Continues to Lobby for Smart Furlough Proposal
PROFS is lobbying for what’s known as the Smart Furlough proposal, which would exempt state and university employees who are paid with federal and state funds from the state-imposed furloughs. During the state budget debate earlier this year, State Representative…
Remarks on the PROFS 2008-2009 Annual Report to the Faculty Senate
The PROFS Annual Report for 2008-2009 is now available here and it provides a chance to bring you up to date on the most important developments. Most fundamentally, PROFS finds itself in a strong position, thanks to the hard work…