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Article: UW-Madison ponders trimming 150 jobs
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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UW-Madison ponders trimming 150 jobs
Tuition increases possible amid state budget crisis
By DENNIS CHAPTMAN dchaptman@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Tuesday, April 1, 2003
Madison -- Tuition bills seemed to be the only things safe from
the chopping block Monday as University of Wisconsin-Madison
officials considered eliminating entire departments, as many as 300
courses and 150 administrative and faculty jobs to bail the campus
out of a budget crisis.
"It's going to affect the quality of education," said Peter Spear,
UW-Madison provost. "It's going to impact our ability to carry out
research."
The cuts would be the byproduct of $250 million in cuts to the UW
System proposed by ...