<p>University</a> of Wisconsin-Madison: Chancellor Search</p>
<p>Links to newspaper interviews with the finalists.
Links are on the bottom of the page.</p>
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<p>So who gets it??</p>
<p>Don't know. Interesting though three of the four candidates are in the humanities/social science. The new chancellor will be in place by the start of the fall semester. The new Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate, Damon Williams from UConn, also starts in August. Because of what I do I'm really interested to see what he's going to do. He's very highly regarded in this newly emerging administrative area. It was a coup for us to get him.</p>
<p>Gary is Dean of the College of Letters and Science and one of the four candidates for chancellor. </p>
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<p>and this:</p>
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<p>news:</a> UW chancellor search: Blank offers unique perspectives</p>
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<p>Thanks for the links.</p>
<p>It will be a tough choice for the BOR.</p>
<p>I was right about it being tough for the Regents. A decision was expected this week, but because of disagreements over the choice it will not be made until next week (May 27-30.)</p>
<p>Some might make the decision for them by dropping out if this goes on much. Still think a young dynamic less "academic" guy like Dean Knetter would have been a good choice to keep things moving while getting along better with the State creeps.</p>
<p>As Barrons guessed, one of the candidates has dropped out.</p>
<p>news:</a> UW-Madison chancellor search: Mulcahy withdraws name</p>
<p>barrons- your nasty name calling-"creeps" is uncalled for, especially since you are viewing the state from long distance. There is more to any state than its colleges, I doubt you understand much about this state other than your time spent in college. Thanks for keeping us posted tsdad.</p>
<p>I think I fully understand the state. I read three local papers daily which is more than most locals do. A once progressive state government was turned over to right wing nuts, AKA creeps in my book. Their positions are stupid and self-negating. I have corresponded with several of them and they have the insight of a flea except into what will play with a gullible uninformed often poorly educated public.</p>
<p>Now to the news, the new Chancellor is</p>
<p>PS wis75. Just for fun please show me what the state (not private funding) has done to improve the UW-Madison versus it's competition in the last 20 years or so. Take your time. It will be a short list.</p>
<p>Interesting. I look forward to working with her as well as the new Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate.</p>
<p>And then there's this concerning one of the university's biggest fans: Rep</a>. Suder's ex-girlfriend charged with forgery | wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald</p>
<p>Ex A on creepy state officials. Your turn.</p>
<p>"Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, a member of the Education Committee, fought UW executive pay hikes and proposed cutting the funds to a UW-Extension program he said leaned "too far to the left."</p>
<p>And Rep. Frank Lasee, R-Green Bay, sought to eliminate funding to the UW Law School by 2010 because he said there are already enough lawyers in Wisconsin.</p>
<p>Madison resident and former Mayor Paul Soglin on the creeps.</p>
<p>"Republican Party Winning Battle To Destroy University of Wisconsin System
It was a struggle to maintain the great faculty assembled by the University of Wisconsin - Madison and its sister campuses throughout the state. In the early 1960's state budget deliberations over the higher education budget were peppered with such homilies as, "A champaign university on a beer budget."</p>
<p>While the UW salaries ranked at the bottom of Big Ten universities, it managed to assemble and retain an outstanding faculty. Despite the lower than average salaries, the UW retained many wonderful teachers and researchers. Then two things changed:</p>
<p>Leaders in the legislature launched relentless attacks on the faculty.
Then other institutions with big dollars like the University of Texas, decided to enter the marketplace with a commitment to upgrade their institutions.
When new UW Chancellor Donna Shalala and her successors, David Ward and John Wiley, committed to recognizing the importance of a quality faculty, the trend slowed and reversed. </p>
<p>But even the best of intentions cannot undo the damage of a hostile legislature, attacks on academic freedom, a refusal to provide benefits to partners, and a general nastiness led by the Assembly Republican leadership.</p>
<p>All of which has now received prominent notice in the latest issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education:</p>
<p>Wisconsin's Flagship Is Raided for Scholars</p>
<p>The problem is money. Wisconsin's stagnating state higher-education budget has forced the university to keep faculty salaries far below average. When professors get feelers from elsewhere, they learn that a move can easily mean a whopping 100-percent salary increase — sometimes more...</p>
<p>...As the faculty pay gap between public and private institutions widens nationwide, lots of public universities are having a hard time competing. But Madison is having particular problems, losing faculty members not only to well-off private institutions, like Chicago, but also to lower-ranked public universities. In the past few years, professors in a variety of disciplines have left Madison for Arizona State, Florida State, and Rutgers Universities and the University of Minnesota, among others.</p>
<p>As the article notes, the UW is at the bottom in average salary ranking of the twelve universities that are in its peer group. In addition, every time a faculty member leaves there is the additional cost of recruiting and finding a replacement. That can be as much as 25% of the annual salary.</p>
<p>How not to grow a state's economy. </p>
<p>Why not let Speaker Michael Huebsch and his co-pilot in bombing the UW, Representative Stephen Nass, know that they are succeeding and you do not like it."</p>
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