University of Wisconsin System details new initiatives
The University of Wisconsin System's 2017-'19 biennial budget request hits on all the major themes for meeting the state's workforce needs and helping more first-generation students earn a college degree, but it offers few details about how an additional $42.5 million requested from the state would be spent.
"Some of the budget details will come into focus after the request moves forward," UW System spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis said Monday, after the UW System posted its full biennial budget request in advance of a Board of Regents meeting Thursday in Madison.
The UW System is hoping the time is right to advance several new initiatives because it isn't seeking cost-to-continue increases for utility bills, employee compensation and fringe benefits, which have averaged $88 million in the past six biennia. The UW System had 1,093 fewer state-funded positions in April than a year earlier, and utility bills have been going down.
Budget documents released Monday break down the request for $42.5 million in new state funds over the next two years into four broad initiatives: $26.1 million for "the educational pipeline," $6 million to improve "the university experience," $6.4 million for "business and community mobilization" and $4 million for "operational excellence."
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