Tenure is not being eliminated. To most the changes are more semantic than real. Right now some faculty are overreacting driven by a few with their own agendas.The budget issues are more real. Madison needs to improve fundraising and change some priorities in current foundation spending. They got too caught up in the bricks and mortar race and now need to address human resources better. And as others have said–this to shall end. Walker has lost popularity over this and other issues. They won’t be around much longer. Odd thing is faculty turnover actually has been very low and declining under Walker until now. Many departments were making major senior hires and even rehiring some that had left for more money to schools like Stanford, Northwestern and Michigan.
http://budget.wisc.edu/budget-news/chancellor-blank-email-to-faculty-statement-on-tenure/