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".......Today, the so-called Wisconsin Magna Carta is being tested, as Gov. Scott Walker and the legislature move to change the system of tenure. Fortunately, earlier efforts to alter the mission statement of the University of Wisconsin system by deleting references to the search for truth and the creation of knowledge were retracted as “drafting errors.” Still, the symbolism of such proposed changes is having a chilling effect on the flagship campus at Madison and across the university system.This concept of a social contract between the people of a state and their university system is not unique to Wisconsin. America’s public...

The governor of Wisconsin has provoked the ire of the higher education establishment in the state by suggesting that professors on the state payroll spend less and work more. "In the future, by not having the limitation of things like shared governance, they might be able to make savings just by asking faculty and staff to consider teaching one more class a semester," Governor Scott Walker told reporters at the Madison hotel. "Things like that could have tremendous impact on making sure we have an affordable education for all of our UW campuses at the same time we maintain a...