UW System continues search for methods to reconcile budget losses - Robyn Cawley, Daily Cardinal

UW System universities have been grappling with how to manage decreased funding for years, while still trying to offer reliable programs and ignite successful job creation. Let’s see how they’ve done. Earlier this year, the Board of Regents piloted restructuring of system universities to merge two-year with four-year campuses. Along with this, university leaders have undergone faculty consolidation and threatened cuts to humanities programs. Concerns about managing stretched budgets have continued to plague the system as less students graduate high school and university enrollment rates drop at universities. “UW campuses need to review their low-enrollment degree programs, but they shouldn’t eliminate those without understanding why there is low enrollment,” said Noel Radomski, director and associate researcher at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education. http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2018/10/uw-system-continues-search-for-methods-to-reconcile-budget-losses