Will the UW Weather the Storm?

As expected, Governor Scott Walker’s executive budget released last Tuesday included sweeping changes to the University of Wisconsin system, including greater autonomy for the University Regents and the largest single cut — 300 million dollars, or 13% — in the University’s 167-year history. To add insult to injury, the Governor also proposed — then apparently backed away from — changes to the University’s mission statement, known as the Wisconsin idea. Nina Kravinsky reports for the Badger Herald, and she’s been following this story.