UW-System President Preparing for Cuts as Pandemic Deepens Financial Losses
Thursday, May 7th, 2020 -- 10:03 AM
(AP) -University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross directed campuses Thursday to quickly identify signature programs worthy of preservation and brace for layoffs as the coronavirus pandemic deepens the system’s financial losses.Cross said he wants campuses to evaluate their programs by January with an eye toward cost, whether they are duplicated at another campus and student demand. System officials will decide which courses stay and which will vanish, Cross told reporters during a video conference Wednesday afternoon.
Campuses should be ready to move forward with scaled-down course catalogs by fall 2021, Cross said. The only guarantee he could offer was each campus will continue to offer basics such as English and math that undergraduates need to earn a diploma. But he warned that staff layoffs will be unavoidable.
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