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Governor Walker Proposes Drastic Cuts to UW-System Funding

2/3/2015

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Governor Walker announced last week that that he will propose a $300 million (13%) cut to the University of Wisconsin System, which will almost certainly be felt at all 26 system campuses.  In addition, tuition will continue to be frozen at all campuses until 2017.  After that, universities will be able to change tuition at their discretion.  Until then, existing university programs will likely have to be cut in order to make up for the reduction in state aid.  Please take a moment to click through to this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article that provides an excellent rundown of the story.

In addition to the funding cut, Governor Walker announced that he would provide the UW System with significantly more autonomy from state laws that govern contracting for services and construction projects.  Perhaps more importantly, the Governor's proposal would eliminate state laws that govern professor tenure and shared institutional governance.  While it appears that many UW System administrators would like to maintain tenure and shared governance policies, such non-statutory policies could be abolished by the Board of Regents if Governor Walker's proposal becomes law.

For an idea of how these massive cuts to higher education may affect women and girls in Wisconsin, see pages 20-21 of the WAWH's 2013-2015 Wisconsin Women and the Budget Project.  Please stay tuned for updates and a more detailed analysis as we begin our work on the 2015-2017 Report!
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    Cecely Castillo is the Policy Director at the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health and is overseeing our state budget impact on women and girls.  

    WAWH is fortunate to have a formidable team of interns contributing to this project. Our 2019 budget team includes: Jordyn Anklam, Talia Coney, Sarah Gaydos, and  Nicole  Poellinger.

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