University of Wisconsin System - Two Headed Huebsch

The University of Wisconsin System has six campuses  searching for new chancellors. Two of the chancellors are retiring and four are moving on to higher paying positions. UW System chancellor exodus could grow/

Wisconsin ranks last in faculty salaries when compared to other Big Ten schools and the entire system does badly when compared to to its cohort of institutions. Republican Party Winning Battle To Destroy University of Wisconsin System. Led by Republican Mike Huebsch, the Wisconsin Assembly underfunds the schools.

Its very simple. You cannot retain good people when you do not pay them.  You do not have to pay them extraordinary salaries, just something competitive that ranges towards the mean. The private sector knows that.

In Wisconsin we have one of the fiercest opponents of public education chairing the state committee that overlooks our schools. He uses every opportunity to attack the UW System.

Steve Nass is not the issue. The responsible party is the man who put him in power.

Last December the La Crosse Tribune published an editorial commending their local legislative delegation for supporting the UW- La Crosse campus. Local leaders, students leading way on UW-L’s plan for growth

On Thursday, our entire legislative delegation was represented at a Board of Regents committee meeting to show support...But perhaps most striking was the presence and vocal support of Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem.

To say that UW-L’s plans haven’t exactly been the darling of Huebsch’s caucus would be an understatement.

It is five months later, the UW system is hurting and hurting badly. It is unfortunate, but the more powerful, more effective Huebsch is the one backing Nass, not the one who showed up at the UW Regents' meeting.

Comments

[Hiawatha]

Paul,
I'd forget the Chancellor and look at faculty pay more closely.
[quote]Its very simple. You cannot retain good people when you do not pay them. You do not have to pay them extraordinary salaries, just something competitive that ranges towards the mean. The private sector knows that.[/qoute]
Agreed, but I do think UW salaries comparatively across campuses need a closer look at.
It upsets me a little to see that staff at UW Milwaukee for instance have as high of a pay scale as a full professor at a lesser campus.

It's bad budget math, but I'm more inclined to say screw the Chancellor pay and find a deserving candidate.
Sorry, but I haven't very impressed with UWGB Chancellors, including Shepard.
In my mind an opinion ony, I think Seattle made a mistake here.
Just because he has alot of money and is repotedly an avid sailor hasn't solved deep rooted problems here in Green Bay.
At best he only skirts real problems and attempts petty 'cheerleader' loyalty rushes.
Again this is only only my personal opinion.

Several months ago, the Green Bay Press Gazette published UW pay documents for 2006 - 2007.
I'm not certain, but as I recall, the reason was that the documents were to no longer be available on line.
I may be wrong about this, and if I am, I apologize.
However, it is how I found out about real UW pay scales.
I have uploaded this info to some personal web space of mine here.
http://www.IslandMorning.com/UW_Salaries.zip

Paul, please feel to delete this post if it offends you or is not to your standards.
I understand.

[Russ]

This game of taxpayer extortion that US public universities play needs exposure. Public sector workers must understand the economic effects of globalization. Global competition has held private sector compensation in check for years. That should be obvious to University Professors. And yet public acadamia can't seem to understand that fact. They demand salaries and benefits increases that taxpayers can not sustain. The tired old Democratic Party pitch to raise taxes doesn't wash any longer. The time has come for all public sector employees, and their unions, to stop demanding compensation higher than the private economy can afford. Government MUST function with the funds current tax rates provide. Government must start living in the real world just like the private sector.

[Christian Schneider]

Lest we forget, it was actually Democratic Governor Jim Doyle that proposed a $250 million cut to the UW System in the 2003-05 biennial budget. The Legislature went along with Doyle's proposal, including tuition increases of 17% and 18% in the next two years to backfill the lost funds.

[warmmidwest]

Paul - what's your point, man?