Reduced cuts may help UWSP avoid involuntary layoffs
5/30/2015
Stevens Point Journal

By Chris Mueller

After the state's budget-writing committee voted to trim Gov. Scott Walker's proposed cuts to the University of Wisconsin System by $50 million, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chancellor Bernie Patterson said the reduction could help faculty and staff avoid involuntary layoffs.

"That is clearly a stretch goal, but that's what we're aiming for," Patterson said. "At this point, there are clearly no guarantees."

The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted Friday to cut the UW System's budget by $250 million over the next two years, a reduction from the $300 million in cuts proposed by Walker. The committee also endorsed major changes to faculty tenure, removing it from state law, and shared governance, taking some authority away from faculty, students and staff in campus decisions, while giving more to campus chancellors and the UW System Board of Regents.

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Chancellor; Budget