As The College Fix reported: “Tayler Studinski is fed up.” “The 19-year-old University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point sophomore has silently watched as peers elected to represent her campus denounce Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed University of Wisconsin budget…
Topic: University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Application asks Students about Parents’ Voting
That is a really odd and weird question to put on a college application, asking where and when your parents voted in the last election. The common defense for such questions on applications is that…
Univ. of Wisconsin Student Papers: Negative Scott Walker Op-Eds outnumber Positive Ones by 3-to-1 Ratio
The College Fix did a count of op-eds in the University of Wisconsin newspapers and found out that there was a 3-to-1 ratio of negative op-eds of Governor Scott Walker than positive ones.
Wisconsin Professor who gave Extra Credit to Students at anti-Scott Walker Rally isn’t Political
What? Yes, that’s the claim of one of Professor Beth Lueck’s students, who said that politics never got into the classroom and that this extra credit assignment was reasonable since budget cuts proposed by Walker…
Scott Walker’s Higher Ed Budget Cuts are a Good Thing
Here’s an op-ed written by a University of Wisconsin scholar about why the budget cuts aren’t as bad as the university and faculty are saying it is. Short answer: The faculty’s salaries aren’t getting cut…
Scott Walker’s Budget Cuts are headed to Legislature, making U of Wisconsin Nervous
Walker proposed $300 million in budget cuts for the University of Wisconsin system, which is not a lot considering their large budget.
Scott Walker’s Smart Higher Ed Proposal
The governor of Wisconsin has provoked the ire of the higher education establishment in the state by suggesting that professors on the state payroll spend less and work more. “In the future, by not having…
Wisconsin Professors Upset at Gov. Scott Walker’s Budget Cuts
But, it could be beneficial as Walker believes it will make the University of Wisconsin system more efficient and cut down on wasteful spending.
Scott Walker to Wisconsin Professors: Work More than 14 Hours a Week
And he’s not kidding about that, as he’s slicing $300 million from the University of Wisconsin budget to close a budget gap.
Scott Walker’s New Budget cuts $300 Million from Higher Ed
13% of the University of Wisconsin’s funds are being slashed by Governor Scott Walker, who is responding to estimates that the state’s budget will be some $900 million short by 2017.