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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Mar 15, 2011 02:32am |
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| Author | Ariel Argueso |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 08:05:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A proposal introduced Friday, March 5 in Wisconsin to separate the state's flagship school from the state has raised major questions about the meaning of public higher education.
The proposal enacted by University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin, is called the New Badger Partnership and could separate the state's flagship school, University of Wisconsin-Madison, from the rest of the system.
"We recognize the serious short-term budget crisis and fundamental long-term economic problems facing the state of Wisconsin," Martin said. "Wisconsin needs the job-creating capacity of a major research university."
The chancellor said that without the flexibility that other major public research universities have — to set market-based tuition, provide more financial aid and compensate faculty separately from pay plans for other state agencies — UW-Madison would lose its competitive edge as a world-class university.
"UW-Madison faculty, staff and students have no interest in their school becoming a private university," Martin said. "But we need a model that allows us to generate our own revenue, use it efficiently and serve Wisconsin." |
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