{"id":5586,"date":"2013-07-24T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T17:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=5586"},"modified":"2013-07-24T11:45:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T17:45:02","slug":"falbo-regents-leading-positive-change-for-uw-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=5586","title":{"rendered":"Falbo: Regents Leading Positive Change for UW System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uwsa.edu\/bor\/images\/regents\/falbo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"193\" \/>Newly-elected University of Wisconsin System <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwsa.edu\/bor\/\">Board of Regents<\/a> president <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwsa.edu\/bor\/bios\/falbo.htm\">Michael Falbo<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/journaltimes.com\/news\/opinion\/editorial\/commentary-regents-are-leading-positive-change-for-uw-system\/article_dbcdae46-f3fc-11e2-bbfe-001a4bcf887a.html\">writes<\/a> in today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/journaltimes.com\/\"><em>Racine Journal Times<\/em><\/a> that the board will work together to offer clear goals for the university in the face of declining state funding and a push for increased efficiency and productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Falbo notes that tuition policy and performance-based funding are being   discussed by higher education boards around the country, and   competency-based degrees and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are changing   how students pursue higher education.<\/p>\n<p>He writes that the Regents will keep the Wisconsin Idea at the forefront as they confront the challenges ahead:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Through a collaborative strategic planning process now underway, we will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Align our work with the goals of the UW System\u2019s universities, colleges and extension networks.<\/li>\n<li>Organize our administration in a way that strengthens those  institutions, and enhances their service to students, families,  businesses and communities.<\/li>\n<li>Focus on effective resource  management, high-quality education, and competitive compensation for the  faculty and staff who carry out our mission.<\/li>\n<li>Advocate for all  UW institutions, engaging in two-way conversations with legislators, the  governor, community leaders and citizens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly-elected University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents president Michael Falbo writes in today&#8217;s Racine Journal Times that the board will work together to offer clear goals for the university in the face of declining state funding and a push&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=5586\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-5586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uw-system","tag-regents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5586"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5609,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586\/revisions\/5609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}