Senator: UW should cut programs with 'little demand' to produce more engineers for Foxconn
University of Wisconsin System campuses should beef up their engineering programs to train workers at a planned Foxconn facility in southeastern Wisconsin by cutting funding for less popular programs — not by asking the state for more money — a Republican senator said Monday.
Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Cedarburg, criticized UW System President Ray Cross’ request at a hearing last week for lawmakers to provide additional higher education funding so campuses can hire new faculty members and produce more engineers for Foxconn.
Stroebel said UW should use the state funding it already has to expand engineering programs.
“The University of Wisconsin System needs to prioritize ‘needs and wants,’?” Stroebel said. “UW needs to start investing current resources into increasing faculty and staff for engineering, supply chain and computer science degrees.
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The shelf life for liberal arts professors at UW just took a hit.
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