tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post3285261656852393935..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Wisconsin GOP, Board of Regents promote "Idiocracy, UW style"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-1625489331887217462016-03-12T11:01:55.794-06:002016-03-12T11:01:55.794-06:00Go Phoenix! I have two daughters, so I've alwa...Go Phoenix! I have two daughters, so I've always been a huge supporter of the women's team (and they are just the smartest, nicest students you'll ever have), but I'm really happy for the men's team, as they've provided a nice dose of morale at a very tough time. They're obviously going to the Final Four.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696686914909187325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-1628519436473003412016-03-12T10:36:56.634-06:002016-03-12T10:36:56.634-06:00The "abandoning by leadership" point is ...The "abandoning by leadership" point is a great one. Cross is clearly a puppet for the right-wing wackjobs running the state, as is Walker's buddy Jim Villa (who I think is still pulling 6 figures from the System despite serving as an advisor to Walker's presidential campaign), and <a href="http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/republican-legislative-staffer-hired-by-uw-system-to-oversee-creation/article_0f5b4995-459b-5276-b0d8-ac5503cbf493.html" rel="nofollow"> the Alberta Darling staffer that just got $95,000 to be a charter schools czar out of the UW System offices. </a> <br /><br /> You don't owe these guys anything, since they didn't have your back. And you're absolutely correct that the non-Madison schools will get the bigger brunt of this, because they don't have the research and donor base that Madison does. Which is kind of a big deal since the vast majority of UW System students don't go to Madtown, but instead the smaller schools that are much more reliant on state aid.<br /><br />But hey, the Phoenix made March Madness, so it's all good now, right?Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-70375522938939989632016-03-12T09:43:37.578-06:002016-03-12T09:43:37.578-06:00I've earned tenure in the UW twice, and now it...I've earned tenure in the UW twice, and now it's gone. My dept is also searching to replace people who fled for far better offers, and each candidate I've talked to asked, "How long until I'm back on the market?" Our offers are laughable now; for the first time ever we had candidates decline campus visits. And with the loss of tenure, I'll be shutting down my blog which has been chronicling all of this, because it's been openly critical of Cross and legislators. I'm at a small campus, so no donor comes in and saves the day--with two kids and both earning adults in our home working as UW employees, it's pretty clear the knives are sharpening. A lot of despair in our household right now. And I'll add this--never, ever in a university have I seen faculty/staff so thoroughly abandoned by their leadership. He spoke against amendments or sat silent. Zero advocacy. Never once in his whole time as President has he stood up for us.chuckhttp://chuckrybak.comnoreply@blogger.com