UW President: Budget cuts undermine workforce development efforts
An ideological spat over diversity has compromised the University of Wisconsin's ability to deliver a skilled and educated workforce, University of...
An ideological spat over diversity has compromised the University of Wisconsin's ability to deliver a skilled and educated workforce, University of Wisconsin System president Jay Rothman told an audience Thursday in La Crosse. Rothman spoke before the UW Board of Regents, which met for two days on the UW-La Crosse campus. He described the budget as a "missed opportunity" to address the state's workforce needs. "To be direct, the budget was a disappointment," Rothman said. "There was never a broad-based conversation about an appropriate increase in our budget.