Plan to Split Madison Campus From Wisconsin System Is Derailed

May 27, 2011, 12:18 pm

A proposal that would have split the University of Wisconsin at Madison from the rest of the system and given the campus greater autonomy as a public authority is no longer under consideration, a state Republican said Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The proposal, supported by Gov. Scott Walker and Chancellor Carolyn A. (Biddy) Martin, was opposed by some who suggested regional campuses would lose political clout if the flagship split off on its own. Ms. Martin told reporters on Friday that she hoped lawmakers would still act on other proposals this summer that would give all of the system’s campuses more autonomy.

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Lary9

Thank you, David. You’ve given us a brief manifesto for sanity as refreshing to the mind as Tums are to the upset tummy.
phallett

The usage of the Kindle for e-textbooks will help our society to go green! Although each campus has buyback programs, online book companies have programs to rent textbooks, and older editions of textbooks can be recycled, going to e-textbooks is an overall benefit the help our world in the much need quest to use less paper and GO GREEN! -Paula Hallett, Monmouth University Grad Student
phallett

The usage of the Kindle for e-textbooks will help in our society to go green! Although each campus has buyback programs, online book companies have programs to rent textbooks, and older editions of textbooks can be recycled, going to e-textbooks is an overall benefit the help our world in the much need quest to use less paper and GO GREEN! Paula Hallett, Monmouth University Grad Student
mawickline

Actually, I think they hit it right on the money. Give up the camera in exchange for $300 off the price. The screen size is bigger than a phone to read and small enough to carry in one hand.
johnmindiola

I doubt that tablets like this are truly part of a green initiative. These will be discarded in four years, if not sooner, when something better comes along. The problem is these aren’t designed to be thrown away, and recycling them isn’t easy to do. This is about market share.
radenski

My bet is that most students will use this device to play games and watch cheap unworthy movies and TV shows.
cjdepartment

Before
getting too fired up about this device, please consider that it does
not have the accessibility
features needed for use by blind students among others. Because of this
concern campuses were successful in lobbying Kindle to make their
latest Kindle more accessible. We need to let them know again that
accessibility to all students is necessary for universities
to adopt this product.

Katherine Schneider, Ph.D.

Senior Psychologist, Emerita

Counseling Service

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
traneman

“My bet is that most students will use this device to play games and watch cheap unworthy movies and TV shows.”

Radenski, I would place the same bet. After all, from what I have seen on my campus, that is exactly what students are doing with the iPads.