Bracing for more financial losses associated with COVID-19, the University of Wisconsin System announced on Tuesday a series of additional cost-cutting measures for its roughly 600 administrative employees, including some layoffs. Interim System President Tommy Thompson estimated the actions over the next two fiscal years will save more than $10 million, half of which will go toward a new scholarship program for underrepresented students and the other half to offset some of the losses associated with the coronavirus pandemic.
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