UW System ranks high in lost state funding

State funding cuts to Wisconsin’s public universities were among the largest in the nation this year, according to a national study, but University of Wisconsin System officials say a glitch in the data might make Wisconsin’s cuts less deep than the study suggests.

Matt Guidry, communications director for the United Council of Students, a statewide advocacy group for UW System students, said the study indicates that lawmakers are placing the burden of balancing the budget on students.

UW Board of Regents to Have Regional Distribution

The statewide student association, the United Council of UW Students (UC), and the UW System Administration both support the new bill.

Borkowski noted that each of the campuses are different, like how UW-Madison is completely different from UW-Oshkosh. But now, all voices can be heard with individual representatives for each college on the state level decision-making process.

Lawsuit Brought Against New Voter ID Bill

The United Council of UW Students has joined the League of Women Voters in their lawsuit against the implementation of the new Voter Identification bill that was passed this summer.

The new law requires all voters to provide a valid form of ID to election officials, as well as lengthening the residency requirements from 10 to 28 days.

Walker reshapes Board of Regents

The United Council of UW Students is looking at this recently passed bill as a victory for their group. Currently, the group represents 21 of the 26 campuses in the UW System. According to Borkowski, the United Council fights for students’ rights like lowering tuition and trying to increase financial aid.

Although they were thankful, the students asked Walker to help the budget lapse their universities will soon be faced with.

Students Concerned about Voter ID

Angela Lang, a member of student government at UW-Milwaukee, says there is confusion over student ID under the state’s new Voter ID law, which requires voters to show a photo ID at the polls beginning next year.

State squeezes Systems budget… again

Talented, experienced professors are not going to want to teach at a university that can’t compete with what other schools are offering. And, while expensive teachers avoid the UW System, enrollment stands at a record high.

“These massive cuts will only hinder staff, faculty, administration and students with these additional burdens,” Tyler Borkowski, board member and senator on the United Council of UW Students, said. “These cuts are irrational and an attack on higher education.”

Students protest lack of voice in Legislature

United Council, a statewide organization established to represent University of Wisconsin System students, voiced anger that the Center for Equal Opportunity was invited to the Capitol for a closed hearing, but a representative of the student body was not at Monday’s conference.

Students: Seg fee Policy Unlawful

To some student government leaders, the decades-old implementation of a University of Wisconsin System policy on student fees spells the violation of student rights…

After the United Council of UW Students approved a resolution calling for the review of UW System Financial Policy 50… student leaders across the system are rallying support to ensure students’ legal rights are upheld.

TAA to Accept Human Rights Award

The Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA), along with Madison Teachers Inc. (MTI), will accept the Domestic Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award on behalf of the Wisconsin Progressive Movement on Wednesday, October 12th in at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

The TAA, along with the Student Labor Action Coalition (SLAC), the United Council of UW Students and other student groups played a pivotal role in sparking national movement that “continue[s] to challenge an unjust status quo and breathe new life into the progressive movement” (IPS, Sept. 14, 2011).

Three student seats added to state’s financial aid commission – no link