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UW System President Kevin Reilly and Board of Regents President Mark Bradley express appreciation to the Legislature for making higher education a top priority in Wisconsin during budget negotiations.
Related: "State budget benefits UW campuses," Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Oct. 25.
This editorial thanks the Legislature for finally passing a state budget, but suggests several alterations to the existing draft.
Related: "115 days late, $892 million short," Editorial, Appleton Post-Crescent, Oct. 25.
Also: "State budgets should not be filled with surprise provisions," Editorial, La Crosse Tribune, Oct. 25.
UW System officials said the university is glad its students waiting to receive vital financial aid are now able to continue their education thanks to the funding of the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant.
Related: "University of Wisconsin students to get financial aid under new budget," Green Bay Press-Gazette, Oct. 25.
Also: "Budget provides more aid for UW students," Associated Press, Oct. 25.
This column supports allowing UW faculty and academic staff to collectively bargain; a provision to allow such bargaining was cut from the most recent state budget.
The state budget leaves UW-La Crosse without some of the needed funding for its Growth and Access Agenda, which disappointed Chancellor Joe Gow and other campus officials.
UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells commended state leaders for passing a state budget that is favorable to the campus, and to the UW System as a whole.
Student leaders at UW-Stevens Point passed a resolution requesting that all campus buildings meet certain rigorous energy efficiency standards.
Democrats in the state Senate elected Sen. Russ Decker to replace Sen. Judy Robson as Senate Majority Leader, saying Decker would provide the party with a "stronger advocate."