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Walker’s hostile waters: destruction of WI univ damages more than the liberal academic elite
Salon ^
| August 27, 2015
| Paula Young Lee
Posted on 08/27/2015 12:31:07 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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This is what Walker's going after (and being successful), and they know it.
Wisconsin Idea (education, politics, media)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Their pain makes me smile.
I will definitely vote for Walker if he wins the Primaries!
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:34:31 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Trump campaign piece? LOL
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:41:17 PM PDT
by
C. Edmund Wright
(WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
To: Little Ray
...Universities are an ecosystem...WRONG! Universities are an artificial occurrence...ecosystems are naturally occurring phenomena!
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:41:23 PM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The university had squirreled away $600 million that was discovered on Walker’s watch. They had successfully gotten large tuition increases year after year before that.
The exodus of “top talent” hasn’t happened. It isn’t going to happen.
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:41:36 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Tenure is too often mistaken for a sinecure No kidding. Mistaken as such most often by the holders of it.
Tragically, the academic gravy train, where Stalinists get to give taxpayers the finger at their own expense, is slowly—very slowly—drawing to a close.
To: Little Ray
In this June 4, 2015, photo, University of Wisconsin of Milwaukee associate professor Lorraine Malcoe, second from left, joins other angry educators and supporters in protest by taping their mouths shut outside a Board of Regents meeting in Milwaukee. A spokesman for university professors says Gov. Scott Walker's education policy changes that eliminate tenure could embolden faculty in Wisconsin and around the country to become more organized as Walker mounts his expected run for the White House.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
This is what Walker's going after (and being successful), and they know it. Because Lord knows the last thing you want are the universities out there helping the public.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
At the School of Freshwater Sciences, professor and senior scientist Sandra McLellan routinely pulls in half a million dollars annually in outside funding.That ought to be able to fund a rather comfortable compensation package for Miz McLellan without any additional contribution from either the state taxpayers or student tuition.
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:43:42 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: SamuraiScot
There is no such thing as tenure any more. If you say the wrong thing, you can still be fired. You just can’t be fired for gross incompetence.
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:46:17 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: DuncanWaring
The university gets half for “overhead”.
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:47:09 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: DuncanWaring
That ought to be able to fund a rather comfortable compensation package for Miz McLellan without any additional contribution from either the state taxpayers or student tuition. There are seven other states bordering the Great Lakes and I'm sure one of them has a university that would be more than willing to welcome Dr. McLellen and her grant money.
To: DoodleDawg
Because Lord knows the last thing you want are the universities out there helping the public. Universities aren't supposed to "help the public." They're paid to educate. But sadly, far far too often, they've become the wellspring of socialist thought and political muscle.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Universities aren't supposed to "help the public." They're paid to educate. But sadly, far far too often, they've become the wellspring of socialist thought and political muscle. Well then I'm sure you would find enough people in your legislature willing to defund every university program except for the Football and Basketball teams at Madison.
To: DoodleDawg
Yes. That’s what we want. Just football and basketball. You’re so smart to see the evil plan.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
One of my hobbies is cryptozoology.
I cannot help but wonder the following: If the endangered animal in question were something that would undermine over a hundred years of "science" - something like, say, a pterodactyl - would these university professors still be gung ho in favor of protections and awareness programs?
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:56:53 PM PDT
by
Lexinom
To: DoodleDawg
Her grant money? Did she inherit it?
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:57:08 PM PDT
by
Trailerpark Badass
(There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
To: DoodleDawg
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:58:59 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Beware the Wisconsin Weasel - GOPe Plan B)
To: DoodleDawg
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posted on
08/27/2015 12:59:47 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Beware the Wisconsin Weasel - GOPe Plan B)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The Collegate Bubble needs to pop. Research is great, but teachers need to teach. Kids need cost effective real edumacation.
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posted on
08/27/2015 1:02:07 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(All bets are off on spelling and punctuation. Deal with it. Our founding fathers used phonics.)
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