The cover story in a recent Isthmus was this: UW-Madison faculty are acutely aware of where we stand, judging from the stream of emails PROFS is getting. A tradition of faculty complacency is vanishing very quickly: There is genuine anger…
Scott Walker Takes Office
Governor Scott Walker took office yesterday and wasted little time calling a special session of the Legislature to address job creation. He also authorized Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to join other state’s in a lawsuit challenging federal health care…
Public Employee Pay
One of the political memes of the day is that public employees are better far paid than those working in the private sector. Like most memes, it’s worth looking at the underlying facts. An article in today’s New York Times…
State Journal Support of Badger Partnership
The Wisconsin State Journal offered strong support of the Badger Partnership in an editorial yesterday. The paper notes that UW-Madison draws more than $1 billion in research funding per year, adding high-paying jobs to the local economy. University Research Park…
PROFS Lobbying on State Budget
While speculation about the 2011-13 state budget has begun in earnest, few details are actually known at this time. The budget process in Wisconsin is lengthy — it begins in January or February and continues well into the summer. PROFS…
Finkelmeyer Interview with Terry Hartle of ACE
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…