Major changes coming for UW Oshkosh as school implements plan to deal with budget 'crisis' Miles Maguire, Oshkosh Examiner

Facing a budget “crisis,” the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is cutting about $8 million in costs, a move that some classroom instructors say will have far-reaching effects on the educational environment and undermine recent successes in attracting and retaining students. Provost John Koker, the school’s chief academic officer, has used the word “crisis” to describe a budget situation in which the university has been spending about $9.5 million a year more than it has been taking in. While faculty and staff acknowledge that the budget problems are real, many of them are doubtful--and some are outright critical--of the proposed changes. “This is a fundamental shift in the way that our university has viewed itself and the relationship between teaching and research and the relationship between faculty and students,” said Jim Feldman, the director of the school’s Environmental Studies Program and president of a newly formed union, United Faculty and Staff of Oshkosh. https://newsfeed.oshkoshexaminer.com/2018/12/major-changes-coming-for-uw-oshkosh-as.html