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pecially given the fact that the private sector,
think tanks and knowledge entrepreneurs now
represent credible competition with faculty.
A LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY FOR
MILWAUKEE
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
and other University
assets in the metropolitan
region represent an
important component
of the urban community.
The Commission
supports designating
the UW-Milwaukee as a
land grant urban University,
driven by mission
and held accountable for results.
EFFICIENCY CHOICES AND 21ST
CENTURY RELEVANCE
“There needs to be a new
philosophy of public service in
Wisconsin and throughout
government.”
Katharine Lyall, UW System president
In different ways, all other governments
in Wisconsin are challenged with incentives and
disincentives to reinvent themselves for the 21st
Century. The University should not be exempt
from this challenge and, given the historic significance
of the Wisconsin Idea and its importance
to the state, should hold itself to a higher
standard.
By 1997, the Regents should complete the
first phase of management questions relating
to equity, efficiency and accountability throughout
the System. Chancellors will have more
authority to act and be accountable, and numerous
programs, schools, functions and administrative
costs will
have been reviewed.
The real challenge,
perhaps met by the sesquicentennial
in 1998,
is for the Regents to create
a vision for a 21st
Century university attuned
to a knowledge
economy and cognizant
of the fact that, unlike 150 years ago, it is now
one of many actors producing research, teaching
and outreach functions important to Wisconsin.
Regents should be mindful that the
University mission may be delivered without
campuses or classrooms.
Administratively, the Regents also should
be mindful of a growing public opinion that
universities’ missions, governance and operations
are dangerously anchored in behavior
more relevant to the 19th and 20th centuries
than the 21st.
Actions
13.1
Increase system
management flexibility.
13.2
Increase building
construction flexibility
while meeting system
needs.
13.3
Delegate and manage
efficiently.
13.4
Establish UW-
Milwaukee as
Wisconsin’s land grant
mission-driven urban
university.
13.5
Improve inter-campus
credit transfer.
13.6
Document faculty
performance.
Kim Waldman,
Wausau
“A priority has to be
education. If education
is improved, that will
lead to improvements in
many other areas.”
R E S U L T S
Our university will:
1 Be responsible for its own
products and productivity within
budget limits and accountable,
not only to its students, but to all
citizens of the state.
2 Provide the most affordable
quality education experience to
Wisconsin citizens as the UW
System is allowed to manage
its own resources.
3 Make citizens of the state feel
that university campuses are
part of their legacy to the next
generation, a statewide
endowment that citizens can
invest in.
4 Decentralize the operational
direction of campus resources
to levels of decision that have
responsibility for performance.
5 Make urban citizens of
Wisconsin a part of the mission
of the University, just as rural
Wisconsinites have felt in the
past.
6 Require faculty, as citizens
serving the state within the
context of a public institution, to
reexamine their performance
and productivity and be the
driving force in the University’s
own efforts to reinvent itself for
the benefit of Wisconsin.
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