Effects of Budget on UW system essays

Effects of Budget on UW system essays If we are to remain preeminent in transforming knowledge into economic value, Americas system of higher education must remain the worlds leader in generating scientific and technological breakthroughs and in meeting the challenge to educate workers. - Alan Greenspan In light of the recent biennial budget proposed by Governor, Jim Doyle the UW System has been placed with a great burden. As recommended by the Governor, the UW System will be placed with accounting for over a third of the budget cuts, a system, which only accounts for 8% of the overall budget. (See charts 1 and 2) Lets put that into English. Lets say you have two cars, and you have to drive to Milwaukee. One car has a full tank of gas while the other is just half full. You have no money to purchase any extra gas for either car. Which car would you take? The obvious answer may seem to lean towards the first car, not if youre the Governor of Wisconsin. Jim Doyle chose car two and decided to run it on empty. The UW System budget will be reduced over the biennium by $250 million. This will cause an increase in tuition of $250 a semester at 2 and 4 year colleges. The system will also be forced to cut a total of 650 positions over this time period (03-05). The rest of the cuts are forced to be taken from the remaining auxiliaries, such as residence halls. UW Madison is being forced to carry a heavy burden of these cuts, aquiring $23 billion over the first year alone. Along with UW Milwaukee, Madison will increase their tuition a semester by $350 as compared to other schools in the system. Madison will be forced to cut 88 administrative positions and eliminate approximately 60 faculty positions. With fewer faculties come fewer options. UW Madison will eliminate 300 courses, they stress, however, not to eliminate high demand courses and courses which are required for a degree. In response to such a high number of elimina...