UWM needs fair balance of resources to secure its future - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Faculty Senate Executive (University) Committee

UWM has energetic faculty and staff who deliver nationally recognized degree programs and engage in innovative research. Further, as the Journal Sentinel editorial noted, "UWM is a strong, engaged participant in public life in Milwaukee...creating powerful collaborations within the community...The community asked — and UWM delivered at a very reasonable price." However, despite these successes, UWM is a historically lean and underfunded research campus — an operation that stretches its resources to do the job. This lack of resources now threatens the growth trajectory of research and puts in jeopardy the high-quality education we provide. Lovell and all of us on this campus have tried mightily to get that story out, and, as the editorial notes, "UWM can't continue to fulfill its larger mission on the cheap." http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/uwm-needs-fair-balance-of-resources-to-secure-its-future-b99270320z1-259604381.html