The closure of UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha will happen in phases, Chancellor Mark Mone said, beginning with the elimination of the College of General Studies followed by transferring some programs to Waukesha County Technical College.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Neil Krauss, a professor at UW-River Falls, speaks during a demonstration held by Wisconsin System faculty and staff employees on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL
Attendees of a UW Board of Regents Meeting walk past the AFT-Wisconsin union rally outside of Van Hise Hall on their way back from lunch. Union members had three demands of the UW system leadership during their rally: Chancellors should meet with their respective local AFT-Wisconsin chapters, the Regents should save the jobs of UW-Milwaukee branch campus faculty, and then champion to the state Legislature Gov. Tony Evers' proposal to increase the UW system's budget by at least $800 million in the next budget cycle.
Nearly three dozen faculty at UW-Milwaukee’s branch campuses will lose their jobs after the UW Board of Regents voted Thursday to use for the first time a decade-old policy allowing universities to lay off faculty members.
Universities of Wisconsin system faculty from multiple campuses rally outside Van Hise Hall Thursday, where the UW Board of Regents voted to lay off about three dozen tenured UW-Milwaukee branch campus faculty. It was the first time the Regents have used a decade-old policy that allows for the layoffs under certain conditions.
Universities of Wisconsin administrators walk past AFT-Wisconsin's rally outside Van Hise Hall on their way back from lunch. Union organizers were hoping to dissuade members of the UW Board of Regents from laying off about three dozen faculty from UW-Milwaukee's branch campuses.
Tait Szabo, a philosophy professor for the former UW-Milwaukee Washington campus, said his layoff would likely be the end of his academic career. "There aren't exactly a lot of tenure-track jobs in philosophy in the Milwaukee area" and he couldn't see uprooting his family, he said.
The closure of UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha will happen in phases, Chancellor Mark Mone said, beginning with the elimination of the College of General Studies followed by transferring some programs to Waukesha County Technical College.
Universities of Wisconsin administrators walk past AFT-Wisconsin's rally outside Van Hise Hall on their way back from lunch. Union organizers were hoping to dissuade members of the UW Board of Regents from laying off about three dozen faculty from UW-Milwaukee's branch campuses.
Tait Szabo, a philosophy professor for the former UW-Milwaukee Washington campus, said his layoff would likely be the end of his academic career. "There aren't exactly a lot of tenure-track jobs in philosophy in the Milwaukee area" and he couldn't see uprooting his family, he said.
Neil Krauss, a professor at UW-River Falls, speaks during a demonstration held by Wisconsin System faculty and staff employees on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Universities of Wisconsin system faculty from multiple campuses rally outside Van Hise Hall Thursday, where the UW Board of Regents voted to lay off about three dozen tenured UW-Milwaukee branch campus faculty. It was the first time the Regents have used a decade-old policy that allows for the layoffs under certain conditions.
Attendees of a UW Board of Regents Meeting walk past the AFT-Wisconsin union rally outside of Van Hise Hall on their way back from lunch. Union members had three demands of the UW system leadership during their rally: Chancellors should meet with their respective local AFT-Wisconsin chapters, the Regents should save the jobs of UW-Milwaukee branch campus faculty, and then champion to the state Legislature Gov. Tony Evers' proposal to increase the UW system's budget by at least $800 million in the next budget cycle.
