Republican lawmakers have suspended a vote on funding for University of Wisconsin campuses, just hours after a top GOP leader promised to slash the college system’s budget as part of an ongoing fight over diversity and inclusion initiatives. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the state’s top Republican, said Tuesday that he wants to cut all spending on diversity initiatives in the university's budget, generating a wave of outrage from Democrats. Republicans who control the Legislature's finance committee couldn't come to an agreement after nearly seven hours of closed-door discussions and delayed consideration of the UW system budget. The battle over campus diversity initiatives mirrors a national push by Republicans.
What an offensively misleading headline. ~$15.6m a year for employee salaries that only deal with diversity issues is INSANE. Especially with taxpayer money. Sorry y’all but these cuts are a good thing.
What an offensively misleading headline. ~$15.6m a year for employee salaries that only deal with diversity issues is INSANE. Especially with taxpayer money. Sorry y’all but these cuts are a good thing.
The UW system has approximately 39,000 staff, assuming that 0.5% is diversity (1 out of every 200), and that’s about the right $
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin_System
Does that include funding for their Institute for Diversity Science and the research they do?
Is that insane? I don’t know much about university funding, how does that compare to other academic departments and athletics?