University of Wisconsin-Madison Turmoil

2018

• AAUP’s Governance Committee Denounces Remarks by UW System President (Academe Blog 2/9/18)
• UW Madison AAUP Letter to President Cross (Academe Blog 2/6/18)

2017

• Madison Professors Fight to Keep Requirement for Administrators to be Academics (IHE 7/3/17)
• Scott Walker Hails ‘Free Speech’ Bill That Would Punish Student Hecklers (Huff Po 6/23/17)
• Wisconsin Assembly Passes College Free Speech Bill That Would Punish Hecklers (Chicago Tribune 6/22/17)
• In Unprecedented Move, JFC Republicans Allot Millions to Establish Partisan, Conservative Think Tank at UW-Madison (Cognitive Dissidence 6/2/17)
• Who Moved My Teachers? (Mother Jones 3/31/17)
• Iowa Lawmakers Push Bill to Severely Restrict Collective Bargaining for Public Campus Employees (IHE 2/10/17)
• UW-Madison Chancellor Defends Academic Freedom (Academe Blog 1/9/17)

2016

• Statement by UW-Madison AAUP on Legislative Threat to Academic Freedom (Academe Blog 12/22/16)
• GOP, UW At Odds Over 'Whiteness' Course (Journal Sentinel 12/21/16)
• Wisconsin Board Approves Posttenure Change (IHE 12/9/16)
• Faculty Members at the University of Wisconsin Oppose a Proposed Change to a New Post-Tenure Review Policy (IHE 12/7/16)
• Scott Walker Lies Again (Academe Blog 6/9/16)
• Skeleton Crew (Atlas of a Difficult 6/8/16)
• The No Confidence Movement (Atlas of a Difficult 5/30/16)
• Scott Walker Sought Changes to Wisconsin Idea, Emails Show After Judge Orders Release of Records (Wisconsin State Journal 5/28/16)
• UW Colleges Join “No Confidence” Movement (Academe Blog 5/20/16)
• New Proposals to Combat Food Insecurity on Campuses (Wisconsin Hope Lab 5/19/16)
• Leaving UW: Reduced Funding, Politics Force Fond Faculty to Say Farewell (Madison.com 5/14/16)
• UW Struggle: The Toy in the Plastic Bubble (Chuck Rybak 5/13/16)
• UW Struggle: Goodwill Sucking (Chuck Rybak 5/11/16)
• Ray Cross’ Misunderstanding of History Undercuts his Position (Journal Sentinel 5/11/16)
• UWM Faculty Unanimously Join “No Confidence” Parade (Academe Blog 5/10/16)
• UW Struggle: The Bagman Cometh (Chuck Rybak 5/9/16)
• UW President Ray Cross: Tenure Debate Exposed ‘Real Value’ of Removing it From State Law (The Cap Times 5/9/16)
• No Confidence! (Atlas of a Difficult 5/5/16)
• Vote of No Confidence in U Wisconsin Board, President (IHE 5/3/16)
• Fund the Freeze (Academe Blog 4/29/16)
• An Open Letter to the University of Wisconsin – Madison Faculty Senate (Academe Blog 4/28/16)
• UW Madison Senate No Confidence Resolution (AAUP 4/21/16)
• UW System President Ray Cross is Not Up to the Task (Isthmus 4/12/16)
• Wisconsin Regents Stymie Madison Faculty’s Bid to Restore Protections From Layoffs (CHE 4/7/16)
• U Wisconsin Madison Professors Losing Hope of Preserving Traditional Tenure in Campus Policy (IHE 4/7/16)
• On Campus: Regents Meeting Won't Include Presentation on Impact of UW Budget Cuts (Madison 4/5/16)
• UWM Introduces Plan to Cut $41.25 Million From Budget (Biz Times 3/22/16)
• University of Wisconsin and the Aftermath of Destroying Professor Tenure (Slate 3/21/16)
• Wisconsin’s Tenure Battle Shifts to Campuses (CHE 3/18/16)
• UW Tenure: As Little As Possible (Language Politics 3/15/16)
• Wisconsin: Now the real battle begins. (Academe Blog 3/11/16)
• U of Wisconsin Board of Regents Approves New Tenure Policies, Despite Faculty Concerns (IHE 3/11/16)
• Tenure Weakened in Wisconsin (Academe Blog 3/10/16)
• Why the University of Wisconsin’s Proposed Layoff Policy is Dangerous (Academe Blog 3/9/16)
• On (Wisconsin) (Sara Goldrick-Rab 3/7/16)
• Amid Rough Seas for UW System, Wave of Distinct Challenges Hits UWM (Journal Sentinel 3/5/16)
• UW Tenure: A Challenger Appears (Language Politics 3/4/16)
• UW Tenure: Endgame (Nicholas Fleisher 2/19/16)
• UWM AAUP Calls on Regents to Support Research and Access (Academe Blog 2/10/16)
• Regent Committee Endorses Controversial UW Tenure Policies Without Debate (Journal Times 2/6/16)
• Wisconsin Regents Committee Approves Tenure Changes Without Discussion (Academe Blog 2/6/16)
• AAUP/AFT-Wisconsin Statement on Proposed Regent Policies (Academe Blog 2/3/16)
• Modify and Redirect (Nicholas Fleisher 2/2/16)
• #FakeTenure in Wisconsin Has Arrived (Sara Goldrick-Rab 2/1/16)

2015

• We Now Know, or, Another Semester Older, Deeper in Debt: Takeaways from the UW Struggle, 2015 (AtlasofaDifficult 12/29/15)
• Facebook, Fear, and Freedom of Expression at UW-Milwaukee (Ragman's Circles 12/18/15)
• University of Wisconsin Ups its Merit Aid in an Effort to Better Compete with Peers (IHE 12/18/15)
• Locked Out of Chapman Hall; or, Downsizing UW-Milwaukee One Survey at a Time (Ragman's Circles 12/10/15)
• Wisconsin Faculty Leaders Oppose Draft Tenure Policy (IHE 12/1/15)
• UW Madison TAs Protest Working Conditions (IHE 11/13/15)
• Has UW-Milwaukee’s Administration Circumvented Wisconsin State Law? (Ragman's Circles 11/12/15)
• An Open Letter to My Colleagues at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Academe Blog 11/9/15)
• AAUP Statement on Developments in the University of Wisconsin System (AAUP 11/5/15)
• U of Wisconsin Madison Approves Faculty-Backed Tenure Policy (IHE 11/3/15)
• A Home at the End of the World: More Stories about UW and Loss (Academe Blog 11/2/15)
• Is Wisconsin System Chief Backtracking on Tenure? (IHE 11/2/15)
• An Open Letter On the Subversion of Tenure and Shared Governance in the University of Wisconsin System (11/15)
• Rebecca Blank: UW Officials Undermined Push to Write New Tenure Rules (Madison 10/31/15)
• Rebecca Blank Email to John Behling (Madison 10/29/15)
• Mergers? Cuts? UWM Efficiency Team Floats Big Changes (Media Milwaukee 10/24/15)
• U. of Wisconsin Lifts Cap on Out-of-State Undergraduates (CHE 10/9/15)
• The University of Madison? (Sara Goldrick-Rab 10/7/15)
• Leaving Wisconsin (Jesse Stommel 9/9/15)
• Where Scott Walker Got His Utilitarian View of Higher Education — and Why It Matters (CHE 9/2/15)
• UW Struggle: The Impractical Dream (Chuck Rybak 8/23/15)
• Lawmakers Consider Merging Wisconsin's Two-Year College Systems (IHE 8/12/15)
• With State Support Shrinking, Wisconsin Lawmakers Float the Idea of Campus Mergers (CHE 8/10/15)
• Essay Calls for a New Strategy to Protect Faculty Rights (IHE 7/20/15)
• AAUP/AFT‐Wisconsin Joint Statement on Wisconsin Biennial Budget (Academe Blog 7/20/15)
• The Dismantling of Higher Education (Aljazeera 7/19/15)
• A Brief History of Scott Walker’s War Over Higher Education (CHE 7/13/15)
• The Withering of a Once-Great State University (CHE 7/13/15)
• Wisconsin Higher Ed Changes Are Now Law (IHE 7/13/15)
• What Wisconsin Can Learn From Louisiana’s Budget Debates (Wiscape 7/9/15)
• University of Wisconsin Regents Enact Budget Reflecting State Cuts (Journal Sentinel 7/9/15)
• In Regents We Trust? (Reclaim UC 6/15/15)
• AAUP Resolution on Wisconsin (AAUP 6/13/15)
• What is Driving Scott Walker's War on Wisconsin Universities (Journal Sentinel 6/10/15)
• Scholarly Associations Defend Tenure and Academic Freedom in Wisconsin (AAR 6/11/15)
• In Heated State-Budget Fights, Students Strive to Be Heard (CHE 6/10/15)
• Oh, Wisconsin (IHE 6/7/15)
• They Really Are The Party of Stupid: The Real Story Behind Scott Walker’s War on Higher Education (Salon 6/7/15)
• Tenure Firmly in Place, but Colleges Grow Wary of Lasting Commitments (NYT 6/6/15)
• Scott Walker’s Effort to Weaken College Tenure (NYT 6/5/15)
• Faculty Members Protest Tenure, Shared Governance Changes to Board of Regents (IHE 6/5/15)
• Move to Undermine Tenure in Wisconsin has National Implications (IHE 6/5/15)
• UW System Regents Committee Rejects Proposal to Fight Controversial Tenure Changes by Legislature (WSJ 6/5/15)
• Wisconsin’s Fight Over Faculty Rights: What’s at Stake, and What’s Next (CHE 6/4/15)
• Unions Subdued, Scott Walker Turns to Tenure at Wisconsin Colleges (NYT 6/4/15)
• Foxes in the Hen House (Grusin 6/2/15)
• The End of Tenure In Wisconsin? (Hank Reichman, Academe Blog, 6/2/15)
• Wisconsin Faculty Incensed by Motion to Eliminate Tenure From State Statute (IHE 6/1/15)
• Louisiana and Illinois May Escape Massive Cuts to Higher Education, But Wisconsin Could See $300 Million Cut (IHE 5/28/15)
• Wisconsin Governor's Higher Ed Autonomy Plan Killed (IHE 5/6/15)
• U of Wisconsin at Madison to Cut 400 Jobs (IHE 4/20/15)
• AAUP Assails Wisconsin Governor’s Autonomy Plan (CHE 3/12/15)
• Republican Governors' Shared Goals for Higher Ed: Accountability and Work-Force Preparation (CHE 3/5/15)
• UW-Madison Chancellor Comes Under Fire for Comments about how she Matches Outside Faculty Offers (IHE 3/3/15)
• Walker’s AG and Undergrads Hate His Sex Assault Cut: The 2016 Hopeful Just Made a Bunch of Enemies (Daily Beast 2/27/15)
• From Bob McCulloch to Scott Walker, Whom Does the University Serve? (The Nation 2/20/15)
• Gov. Scott Walker’s Higher Education Budget Ignites Backlash (NYT 2/16/15)
• Save the Wisconsin Idea (NYT 2/16/15)
• Gov. Scott Walker Mixes it up on Higher Education, Generating National Headlines (IHE 2/16/15)
• Scott Walker’s Lying Mess: How a Tough Wisconsin Teacher Schooled the Governor (Salon 2/11/15)
• What University Administrators Gain from $300 Million in Cuts (Reclaim UC 2/9/15)
• Documents Suggest Wisconsin Mission Overhaul Planned (IHE 2/6/15)
• The History Of The Wisconsin Idea And A Self-Governing Political Commonwealth (Esquire 2/5/15)
• Meet the Regents, Wisconsin, or Welcome to Our New University System Overlords (Ragman's Circles 2/5/15)
• 'Drafting Error,' or Gubernatorial Assault on Expansive View of Higher Ed in Wisconsin (IHE 2/5/15)
• Scott Walker Objects to ‘the Search for Truth’ (The Nation 2/4/15)
• Public Authority: The End of Public Higher Education in Wisconsin? (Ragman's Circles 1/28/15)