For the past two decades, the UW system has been under attack: budget cuts combined with increased inflationary pressures have forced our faculty, staff, and students to do much more with much less. Republican legislators have weaponized common-sense resources for student success like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and, now, administrators in both UW System and […]
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AFT 6502 holds rally at UW La Crosse to call attention to funding crisis
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On March 1st, AFT 6502 (United Academic Professionals of UW-La Crosse), organized a gathering beneath the iconic campus clock tower. During this rally, they passionately appealed to both state lawmakers and the UW Board of Regents, urging them to increase the allocation of public funds towards the state’s higher education institutions. It is distressing to […]
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