By Larry Lee
Governor Scott Walker’s proposed structure and funding changes for the University of Wisconsin system have UW officials concerned. Walker proposes another two-year undergraduate tuition freeze along with giving the UW System more autonomous after 2017, allowing them to raise tuition based on the market and make more decisions without the Legislature’s oversight.
UW Stevens Point Chancellor Bernie Patterson says the proposed autonomy for the colleges makes sense, but the proposed budget cuts will hurt. “The idea of tenure insured governance moving from state statute to the Board of Regents I think is just fine, assuming that that is the way it actually plays out, because tenure insured governance is the cornerstone of who we are as an institution, and we couldn’t deliver the product we currently do without those in place, so those are important as well, but the budget cut? That’s going to be devastating.”
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