MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin System will receive its largest funding increase in recent years, but the additional money comes with mandatory teaching requirements that have faculty questioning the impact on research and academic quality.
Wisconsin’s bipartisan state budget, signed by Gov. Tony Evers in July, allocates more than $256 million in additional funding for the UW System over the next two years. The money will support faculty raises, staff recruitment and retention, facilities projects and other initiatives.
However, the budget includes new teaching workload requirements that take effect September 1, 2026…