0 If Not the NBP, Then What?

As I wrote in a post yesterday, it is standard practice for both public and private colleges and universities to use tuition revenue to provide financial...

0 UW-Madison's Average Family Income is $90,000?

Based on the tweets from today's student conversation with Chancellor Martin, there's a big myth running around campus:No, the average family income of...

0 The Power of the Line Item Veto

Check it out-- what the NBP looks like after Governor Walker exercises his line-item veto.How bad is it? Here's the remaining role of the faculty: "The...

0 Trends at the University of Virginia

I've been getting a lot of questions about what's happened at other states and other institutions. Trying to balance my "regular" work with this blog...

0 Response to Students for NBP

I applaud Jon Alfuth of the Students for the New Badger Partnership for attempting to do something the UW-Madison Administration has not bothered to do...

0 A Challenge to the UW Board of Regents

While the last several months have been contentious ones, I think that the road ahead needs to include many more uncomfortable discussions. In particular, we need to have fierce conversations about...

0 The New Badger Partnership is Not About Affordability

According to the Badger Advocates' new television ad promoting the New Badger Partnership, the number one reason this new policy is needed is "To keep...

0 It's All About the Faculty?

UPDATED APRIL 26: Please also review comments on this piece over at Sifting and Winnowing. There is a critical element of the argument for the New Badger...

0 The Rhetoric of Unity

I'm supposed to be on "vacation" this weekend but when news like this comes out, it's hard to ignore....Recently 10 UW department chairs wrote a letter...

0 Both Sides Now

After recent reports of apathy regarding the New Badger Partnership, I've spent more time reading and analyzing the comments that are springing up like...

0 What Are You Doing This Summer?

Want to work with a talented group of students and faculty, helping find ways to make Wisconsin public higher education more affordable? Then please...

0 Scott Walker's Hokey Pokey

Eliminating collective bargaining for Wisconsin public employees was all about balancing the state budget. Until it wasn't.Expanding the Milwaukee voucher program was all about equal educational opportunities...

0 Reforming Wisconsin Public Higher Education

As we move into the closing months of debate over Governor Scott Walker's budget bill, it is becoming clear that there's little appetite for the New Badger...

0 Have Courage-- Act Now

I have spent the last seven years afraid I'd become a cautionary tale. I have been repeatedly warned by older, wiser folks to reconsider my inclinations to do things that could threaten my chances of...

0 FROM THE ARCHIVES: I (Finally) Figured Out Why I Want Tenure

This is a very important day for the EduOptimists and our family. In honor of this special occasion (let's call it DDay), we offer a peek into our archives....

0 Guest Post: Why "New Badger Partnership" Means Loss of Independence for UW-Madison

The following is a guest posting from Harry Peterson, a UW-Madison administrator from 1978-1990, Chief of Staff to Chancellor Donna Shalala from 1988-1990. Harry is also President Emeritus, Western State...

0 Cat and Mouse

Thank you to an anonymous source for passing this alo...

0 An Alternative Proposal

In a recent post, I explained that there are viable ways to deal with significant budget cuts while providing a high-quality postsecondary education to...

0 The Consequences of Speaking Out

I am under att...

0 Call Off Biddy and Her Goons

The Badger Advocates have begun their work, and ladies and gents, it's not pretty.Wonder what the New Badger Partnership will really do to relations throughout the state and the image of UW-Madison?Look...

0 More on "Holding Low Income Families Harmless"

One of the central claims made by proponents of the New Badger Partnership is that the policy will maintain or even enhance access to Wisconsin's public...

0 "A Pearl in a Pile of Crap" -- Or Just More Crap?

At a public forum on Madison's campus last night, Aaron Brower called the NBP "a pearl in a pile of crap." (Well, he said something a little stronger...

0 Posted on the Doors of the Sewell Social Science Building AND the Law School

I have no idea whose sign this is, but on behalf of those who believe UW-Madison is a common good, thank you.UPDATED: Maybe this guy wrote it. A former Rege...

0 CHANCELLOR LOBBIES STUDENTS TO LOBBY CAPITAL

She must be at her wits end. Why else would Chancellor Martin take what could easily be a completely illegal action--lobbying her employees AND HER STUDENTS,...