The number of University of Wisconsin System campuses considering furloughs and layoffs to close budget gaps this school year continues to grow. UW-Parkside may implement a campuswide furlough while UW-Platteville is weighing furloughs and layoffs to address a nearly $10 million deficit. Chancellors floated the ideas in letters to their campus communities Monday, a day before the UW Board of Regents meest at UW-Madison to approve the UW System's annual budget. "Our university continues to face trends affecting our finances that we cannot ignore," interim UW-Parkside Chancellor Scott Menke wrote in a letter.
