1. Funding constraints due to state budget cuts; and
2. Uncertainty of federal funding for TRIO, Gear-Up and financial aid.
We recognize that the Governor and both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature have expressed their abiding commitment to funding core functions of the UW System. Yet we also know that continuous declines in state funding over the past several biennia have had a severe impact on UW institutions. That impact extends to our most vulnerable student and prospective student populations: students of color and economically disadvantaged students. Simultaneously, the threat of decreases in federal financial aid programs exacerbates the situation by posing greater challenges to UW institutions to provide access to all Wisconsin students and foster persistence, particularly for students of color and economically disadvantaged students. For the first time in decades, several UW institutions have lost their federal TRIO funding, and we worry about this ominous precedent. We are further concerned that other financial aid programs, most notably the Lawton and the AOP programs, on which the UW System institutions depend to support their most under-represented students are also vulnerable.
As our nation and our state engage in debates about the role of government in the funding of higher education, we should not lose sight of the goals of American higher education to be a public good, funded by society as a whole, and not just available as a private good to only those who can afford it.
If you need additional information regarding this report, please contact Cora B. Marrett, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, at 262-3826. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
KEVIN P. REILLY
President
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 14, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Boyle
, Patrick,
of Madison, as a member of the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority and UW Hospitals and Clinics Board, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 14, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Clark
, Mary Ann,
of Cumberland, as a member of the Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2009.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 15, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Ferrall, Victor,
of Orfordville, as a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Board of Curators, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 14, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Foster
, Gregory,
of Neillsville, as a member of the Optometry Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2009.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 15, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Hamberger, L. Kevin,
of Franklin, as a member of the Council on Domestic Abuse, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 14, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Murphy
, Rosalie,
of Lena, as a member of the Funeral Directors Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2009.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Office of the Governor
April 14, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Musser
, Gene,
of Middleton, as a member of the Medical Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2009.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 15, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Nettles, Michele,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the State Fair Park Board, for the interim term ending May 1, 2005, and a full term ending May 1, 2010.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 15, 2005
