Republicans to cut University of Wisconsin budget in ongoing fight over diversity and inclusion
Republicans to cut University of Wisconsin budget in ongoing fight over diversity and inclusion
Republican lawmakers have suspended a vote on funding for University of Wisconsin campuses, just hours after a top GOP leader promised to slash the college system’s budget as part of an ongoing fight over diversity and inclusion initiatives. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the state’s top Republican, sa...
Can't wait for the new WI supreme court to hear the pending case on gerrymandering. Hopefully it will allow us to get rid of the super majority in the next election.
Republicans have spent decades undermining public education. They are, obviously, reaping the rewards of an ignorant voting population.
What an offensively misleading headline. ~$15.6m a year for employee salaries that only deal with diversity issues is INSANE. Especially with taxpayer money. Sorry y’all but these cuts are a good thing.
The UW system has approximately 39,000 staff, assuming that 0.5% is diversity (1 out of every 200), and that's about the right $
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin_System
Does that include funding for their Institute for Diversity Science and the research they do?
Is that insane? I don't know much about university funding, how does that compare to other academic departments and athletics?