Category: Higher Education/System

Are you house-hunting on Milwaukee’s east side?

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is hoping to sell the chancellor’s residence at 3435 N. Lake Drive. UWM will first seek permission to sell from the UW Board of Regents, then put it on the market.

The goal is not to replace any Wisconsin students but to help make up for the fact there are 20,000 fewer students at UW campuses than there were 10 years ago, thanks to a declining pool of in-state high school students and some attrition in interest in earning a four-year degree. International students make up about 4% of UW enrollment — much of it concentrated at UW-Madison — while neighboring states Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan and Iowa report higher shares, in most cases double or more.

The Arizona College of Nursing, a for-profit institution, is on track to open two Wisconsin campuses: the first in Milwaukee by spring 2024 and a second in Madison by spring 2025.

After a closed Board of Regents meeting Dec. 27, Rothman messaged Gow saying he was out as UWL Chancellor. The decision to fire Gow came after Gow confirmed a report to Human Resources that he was appearing in and producing online pornography with his wife, as well as writing several books about their experiences in the pornography industry under pseudonyms.

The deal, which Evers called “rotten” during a one-on-one sit down with News 3 Now, secured funding for building improvements, employees pay raises, and general funds for UW schools; in exchange, the GOP-controlled Legislature required the university system to reassign a third of current diversity, equity and inclusion positions to other work.

The letter, penned by Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman, told Gow of his termination after it was discovered Gow and his wife produced pornographic content.

“Both Dr. Gay and I are defining basic terms such as Section 2 and Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, covered jurisdictions, and bailout,” he said. “Good definitions of these terms would have to use similar language or they would not be accurate.”

Also looking to get on the ballot are former Milwaukee firefighters union president and retired University of Wisconsin System Regent Gregory Gracz and Christopher L. Wanty, who has worked in the Comptroller’s Office for 24 years, according to his campaign website.

The past 12 months in higher education in Wisconsin have been filled with major developments and some attention-grabbing headlines from the Universities of Wisconsin.

The regents fired Gow in a unanimous vote on UW system President Jay Rothman’s recommendation after UW system officials were tipped off the week before Christmas about videos published on popular porn websites.

Gow said the university was the only within the UW System to avoid furloughs and layoffs when COVID-19 hit.

Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow told WPR officials disregarded his rights to due process and freedom of expression when the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted Wednesday to fire him over his appearing in porn videos.

As UW-La Crosse faces a change at the top, longtime faculty member Betsy Morgan has been named interim chancellor.

She replaces Joe Gow, who was fired Wednesday after the UW System discovered videos posted on porn websites featuring him and his wife.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor fired for producing pornographic videos with his wife said the termination violated his free speech rights and is contemplating a lawsuit.

Gow revealed that a week before receiving his termination letter, he attended an unexpected meeting with HR and general counsel. However, he left the meeting without any clear directives or disciplinary actions taken against him. “I didn’t expect this would be so sudden,” Gow told 27 News.

The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System has terminated a 63-year-old university chancellor from his position after “discovering sexually explicit videos” he made with his wife, according to statements from officials and reporting from major media outlets that interviewed the ex-chancellor.

UW Oshkosh’s former director of affirmative action, Dr. Brian Xiong, maintains his retaliation case against the University of Wisconsin System was about giving a voice to the entire Oshkosh community and not a cash grab.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow was fired by the UW Board of Regents in a closed-door meeting Wednesday night after revelations about his involvement in the adult film industry.

The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously Wednesday to fire longtime UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow for what the university system president called “abhorrent” actions.

Chancellor Joe Gow, the longest-tenured chancellor in the UW system, already had plans to retire at the end of the school year. In a closed-door meeting Wednesday, the regents voted to terminate his chancellorship and place him on paid administrative leave as he transitions into a faculty role.

“An outside law firm has been engaged to undertake a fulsome investigation of the matter,” Rothman said in a statement. “We anticipate the complaint will be considered in the normal course as dictated by Wis. Admin. Code Ch. 4.”

The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents decided unanimously Wednesday to fire the chancellor of one of its campuses for unspecified behavior that could damage the school system’s reputation.

Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman said Universities of Wisconsin leadership learned of specific conduct by Dr. Gow that has subjected the universities to significant reputational harm, calling Gow’s actions abhorrent.

The UW Board of Regents plans to hold a special closed-door meeting Wednesday to consider “taking a personnel action to discipline or terminate a chancellor,” an agenda released Tuesday night states.

The board overseeing University of Wisconsin System campuses will meet behind closed doors Wednesday evening to consider disciplining or firing a UW chancellor.

A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire employee filed a federal lawsuit this month, alleging she was essentially forced to resign from her position in a campus diversity office because she is white.