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Current UW Issues
Faculty Retention and the 2007-2009 Budget
Gov.
Jim Doyle's budget proposal calls for significant increases
in state spending for UW-Madison to optimize access and
affordability, faculty retention, research funds, and domestic
partner benefits. The primary mission of the university
is teaching undergraduates, and the key to successful teaching
is retaining strong faculty. Over the last five years, the
number of UW faculty receiving outside offers of employment
has doubled, and the university's success rate of keeping
these faculty members is less than 60 percent. Five years
ago, the success rate was over 80 percent.
Gov. Doyle's proposal includes measures
to boost faculty retention at the university. Doyle calls
for additional research grant funding, domestic partner
health
benefits, and an increase of $10 million to support
competitive compensation of high-demand faculty. As the
only school in the Big Ten that does not provide health
benefits for domestic partners,
UW-Madison has lost key faculty members and, with them,
millions of dollars in research grants. Investing in faculty
pays dividends; each new assistant hired generates an average
of $13 million in outside funding throughout his or her
career or almost four times what UW-Madison will pay in
salary and benefits.
A Growth Agenda for Wisconsin
More Wisconsin citizens
with college degrees means:
More high-paying jobs. A stronger tax base.
An improved state economy.1
The University of Wisconsin System has committed to boost
the economic growth of the state and to achieve access and
affordability for UW students. With reinvestment from the
state, the UW System plans to enroll more Wisconsin residents
and to use university resources to grow the knowledge economy
in the state. All UW System schools are dedicated to educating
teachers to serve students in rural and urban areas, expand
capacity for research and development, and boost science,
technology, engineering and mathematics. To learn more about
the Growth Agenda, and to examine the regional initiatives
in the 2007-2009 budget request, visit A
Growth Agenda for Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Admissions
Admission to UW-Madison has been the subject of much debate
this year. Freshman
admission to UW-Madison is competitive and selective.
Admissions counselors review each application holistically,
carefully considering the individual's achievements. The
2006-2007 freshman class, 60% of whom are Wisconsin residents,
meets the high admission standards of the university. The
table below displays admissions review criterion and the
overall academic qualifications of freshmen enrolled in
fall 2006.
| Admission Considerations |
2006-2007 Freshman
Class |
| Academic GPA |
3.5 to 3.9 |
| Class rank |
86th to 96th percentile |
| Test scores |
ACT 26 to 30
SAT 1770 to 2010 |
| Received a leadership
award |
54% |
| Earned a varsity letter |
69% |
| Worked as a volunteer
aid |
26% |
| Received a community
service award |
23% |
Additionally, Wisconsin residents gain access to the university
through transfer programs such as Connections, which guarantees
transfer admission to UW-Madison as a junior. For more information
on these programs, visit the university's transfer
student admission web page.
1. UW System. A Growth Agenda for Wisconsin.
Retrieved from http://www.wisconsin.edu/growthagenda/.
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