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Michael Hiltzik: Scott Walker launched red-state efforts to dumb down universities

L.A. Times columnist: Back in 2015, Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker tried to burnish his culture warrior cred in advance of a bid for the presidency by targeting UW-Madison and other University of Wisconsin System campuses.

Walker cut the state university’s budget. His hand-picked UW Board of Regents gutted tenure protections for its faculty.