{"id":12041,"date":"2024-08-10T05:03:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T05:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=12041"},"modified":"2024-08-10T06:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T06:05:14","slug":"lawmakers-press-university-of-wisconsin-president-over-spending-and-return-on-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=12041","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers Press University of Wisconsin President over Spending and Return on Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/lawmakers-press-university-of-wisconsin-president-over-spending-and-return-on-investment\/tcsquare\/2024\/08\/10\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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Republican lawmakers on the study committee looking at the future of the University of Wisconsin want to know what Wisconsin families are getting for the $1.3 billion the state currently spends on the university, and what they should expect if the state spends more.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers questioned UW President Jay Rothman at his appearance at Thursday\u2019s hearing in front of the Legislative Council Study Committee on the Future of the University of Wisconsin System.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to support the system, but at the same time there\u2019s an accountability factor. And what we\u2019re hearing from people in Wisconsin is there\u2019s a lack of trust,\u201d Rep. Amanda Nedweski, R-Pleasant Prairie, told Rothman (pictured above).<\/p>\n

The Study Committee is tasked with coming up with solutions for lawmakers to vote on sometime next year that will help put the University of Wisconsin in a better position.<\/p>\n

Rothman once again told the committee the UW needs more money, needs to bring in more students and needs to stabilize the finances at many of its campuses.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I also, with all due respect, can\u2019t look past the fact that we\u2019re 43rd out of 50 in terms of our support for our universities,\u201d Rothman said. \u201cThat just seems to be un-Wisconsin-like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nedweski and other Republicans were clear in their criticism of the UW, its enrollment decline over the past several years and that many young people are choosing not to go to college.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure how I can come back to my constituents and the taxpayer and say the University of Wisconsin needs to continue to operate at the same spending level when they have less people to serve,\u201d Nedweski added. \u201cPeople are saying \u2018what do they want money for if they have less people? What do they need money for?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Rohtman has framed past questions about university spending in terms of a \u201cwar for talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, he said many of the jobs of the future will require college degrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wisconsin Policy Forum did something recently that said over half of the jobs that they believe will be created in Wisconsin with an annual salary of $50,000 or more will require a college degree,\u201d Rothman told the committee. \u201cNinety percent of the jobs that are $75,000 or more will require college.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nedweski said the jobs she\u2019s seeing don\u2019t support that.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy son\u2019s friends from high school who just graduated are making $50,000 as assistant managers at KwikTrip. They don\u2019t need a college degree,\u201d Nedweski added. \u201cWhat\u2019s the job of the future? Well, they\u2019re still going to be Kwik Trips, well God I sure hope there is, because I can\u2019t live without them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Study Committee is expected to meet over the next several months, and eventually have something for lawmakers to vote on sometime next year.<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a contributor to The Center Square<\/a>.
\nPhoto \u201cJay Rothman\u201d by Universities of Wisconsin<\/a>. Background Photo \u201cUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison\u201d by University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a>.
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