UWM is bleeding faculty, but its budget is balanced for the first time since 2012 - Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has balanced its budget for the first time since 2012 — big news for a campus that was facing a deficit of more than $40 million three years ago. The balanced budget came at a cost. And there are ramifications for students. The university has lost about 15 percent of its faculty since fall 2014, as the campus froze positions and did not replace faculty who retired or accepted jobs elsewhere, according to newly released numbers from UWM. During that time, student enrollment also fell about 10 percent. Since 2010, when enrollment peaked at 30,470, UWM has lost 18.5 percent of its headcount, assuming the preliminary count of 24,836 students this fall holds steady. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2018/10/01/uwm-bleeding-faculty-but-budget-balanced-first-time-since-2012/1427130002/