Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon talks with UW-Madison professor Don Moynihan about his silly and serious pursuits on Twitter, and especially his hashtag #TantalizingTopofHumanHeads. Music on this segment by Brain Grimmer. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM podcast on iTunes.
UW Green Bay Votes No Confidence in Leaders
Faculty members at UW Green Bay have overwhelmingly approved a vote of “no confidence” in university administrators on Thursday. They’re the fifth campus to issue such a vote, after UW Madison, Milwaukee, River Falls, and La Crosse did the same earlier this month. For more on this, Molly Stentz spoke with Andrew Austin of the […]
Changes to UW and higher education in Wisconsin
How will the recent tenure changes at UW affect the university? How will this change the quality of higher education? Today Carousel Bayrd talks with UW professors David J. Vanness and Donald Moynihan to discuss the budget cuts impacting the university. Slate recently called the budget cuts a “worst case scenario come to life.” Moynihan and […]
Week in Review
(WORT) — This week we cover the finger pointing over Oscar Mayer leaving Madison, tenure trouble at the University of Wisconsin, the loss of the state’s only nude beach, and Elizabeth DiNovella puts Bo Ryan in the penalty box.
The History and Future of Tenure in the University of Wisconsin System...
Brian Standing spoke with University of Wisconsin Milwaukee professor and vice-president of the UW-Milwaukee Chapter of the American Association of University Professors about tenure in the badger state.
The Future of UW’s Tenure Policy
(WORT) — A special Task Force of the University of Wisconsin system met today to discuss policy changes to faculty tenure, changes the Board of Regents will vote on early next year.