Monday, June 26, 2023

Could GOP plan to defund UW diversity offices lead to campus closures? Here's what we know - Journal-Sentinal

The University of Wisconsin System’s top leader warned there may be more campus closures and increased tuition rates if the Legislature moves forward with proposed budget cuts. Funding for the public university system has become a sticking point between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican-controlled Legislature, threatening to paralyze the entire budget process. The top Republican lawmaker has focused the fight on campus diversity offices, which he believes teach students to focus too much on race.