UW professors, officials look forward after 2015 spike in outside offers, retention efforts Tenure, salary, other factors considered to cause surge remain in question - AVERY AURAND AND MATT O'CONNOR , Badger Herald

Each year, thousands of prospective college students choose from numerous higher education institutions to pursue their academic goals. In 2015, however, students weren’t the only ones facing this difficult decision. Professors who had dedicated their professional careers to the University of Wisconsin were confronted with a similar dilemma on a scale rarely seen before. In 2014, 100 outside offers were extended to UW professors from other higher education institutions, up 43 percent from the year before. A year later, new reports citing a similar increase emerge — once again, an increase of 44% from the previous year’s already irregular figures. UW saw 144 efforts by peer institutions to recruit faculty in 2015. https://badgerherald.com/features/2017/11/03/uw-professors-officials-look-forward-after-2015-spike-in-outside-offers-retention-efforts/