Scott Walker Deletes The Values Of Truth And Service From University Mission

thinkprogress.org

“Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has come under fire this week not only for proposing a controversial and unprecedented $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin, but because his new budget deleted the values of truth and service from the University’s 100-plus-year-old mission and replaced them with the idea that the purpose of public higher education is “to meet the state’s workforce needs.”

“Governor Walker’s edits erased language from the school’s founding principles — known as the “Wisconsin Idea” — that declares: “Basic to every purpose of the system is the search for truth.” The Governor also struck out the University’s goal of “public service designed to educate people and improve the human condition” and “serve and stimulate society.”

“But after professors, students and alumni across the state sounded the alarm about these changes — which were buried in the nearly 2,000 page budget and not mentioned in the Governor’s budget speech — Walker began to back-pedal, calling the change a “drafting error” and promising to restore the lofty goals he deleted.” More

Walker is such a douche, but he’s not fooling anyone in higher ed w/his BS.

So much for Walker, who barely was able to maintain a C average (2.59/4.0 GPA) and dropped out in his sr year. A little background: politifact.com