Governance Committee Denounces Remarks by UW System President

AAUP- National
February 8, 2018

In October 2017, news broke of University of Wisconsin system president Ray Cross's decision to propose a merger of the system's two- and four-year institutions.  It was the latest in a number of unilateral and secretive actions taken by system leaders, state legislature, and Governor Scott Walker, condemned at the time by the AAUP and AFT Wisconsin as consulting "a concerted attack on the university as a public good and on the university's role in fostering democratic participation."

The day after the news of the proposed merger, President Cross, facing backlash from faculty, staff, and students, wrote the following in an email message to a system regent: "Getting hammered by the 'shared governance' leaders because they weren't involved in the process; however, had they been involved we wouldn't be doing anything!!"

Read the full post at the AAUP website here.