Deep Cuts in Wisconsin
1/28/2015
Inside Higher Education
 

 By Ry Rivard

Wisconsin universities now face the largest budget cuts in their history, even as colleges in other states crawl out of budget holes.

Governor Scott Walker, a possible Republican candidate for president, announced Tuesday a $300 million cut to the 26-campus University of Wisconsin System. The planned cuts will come as a pair of $150 million cuts in each of the next two years.

In exchange for taking away so much money, 13 percent of the higher ed budget, Walker said he wants to give state university officials more independence from state lawmakers...

...Bernie Patterson, the chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, said the cuts were historic for his campus, too.

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