Future Quality of UW Madison

barrons
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:48:41 +0000

This is all a big part of the reason Madison wanted out of the UW System. Madison can do things on its own that the others cannot but can be limited by the one size fits all thinking you find in any “System”. It could easily increase tuition to cover most of the losses but it can’t because “everyone has to do the same thing in the System” BS. It could use private $ to give more raises but same story. It is fighting for more autonomy but Wisconsin being an inherently backward state that fears individualism and anything “elite” the other schools have done whatever they can do hold them down with the help of the Regents and UW System President who is an idiot. The state government is now looking at mandating more independence for Madison in recognition of its different model and goals. It can override anything the Regents or System want. For now not much is changing at Madison but if there is not change in the ways things are done in the UW System, that could happen.