University of Wisconsin System leaders insist that students are being shielded from layoffs and other cuts UW-Oshkosh is making to address an $18 million budget shortfall. In a one-on-one interview with FOX 11 after the announcement, system president Jay Rothman said the Oshkosh campus is not alone. Budget scrutiny has been going on for several months across the state. "We had 10 of our 13 universities that, at that point in time, were running structural deficits. Under our strategic plan, our goal is to eliminate those structural deficits going forward. Each of the universities is in a unique situation, depending on its reserve situation, regarding its enrollment trends. So what UW-Oshkosh did is not necessarily actions that other institutions will have to take."
