Todd Finkelmeyer, higher education reporter at The Capital Times, published a very nice interview with Terry Hartle, a senior vice president at ACE, the American Council on Education. Hartle, who works with all sectors of higher education to provide a…
Walker: Public Employees Should Pay More
Governor-elect Scott Walker has received much press coverage over the past few days as a result of comments he made to the Milwaukee Press Club on Tuesday and in a statement made earlier that day. Walker suggested a plan that…
Regents to Consider 2 Percent Pay Plan
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meets on Thursday and Friday this week, and a pay plan for faculty and staff at most campuses is on the agenda. System President Kevin Reilly announced yesterday that he intends to…
PROFS report to the Faculty Senate, December 6, 2010
Yesterday’s Faculty Senate meeting was the chance for the annual PROFS report to the Senate. Senators and visitors received the printed PROFS report (here) and a handout distributed at the meeting (here). And we continued the PROFS tradition of cookies…
Nass Named Chair of Colleges & Universities Committee
As expected, Representative Stephen Nass (R-La Grange) was named chair of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee last week. Nass chaired the committee in 2007 and 2008, and has long been regarded as a vocal critic of UW-Madison. Todd Finkelmeyer…
Journal Sentinel: Greater Flexibility for UW System
Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel offers a strong editorial in support of greater flexibility for UW System. The paper notes that while state support for the system has increased slightly when measured in real dollars, it has fallen markedly when measured…