Sifting and Winnowing

Title: “The National Attack on Public Higher Education: Effective Strategies for Fighting Back.”

Featured Speaker:

Cary Nelson, President,
American Association of University Professors.
Prof. U. Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

Panel:

Sara Goldrick-Rab, Assoc. Prof. Educ. Policy
John Wiley, Former Chancellor, UW-Madison

Time and place: Thursday, October 13,  4 PM Memorial Union (TITU)

Download/view printable publicity flyer here.

I have heard a lot of bitter grumbling today concerning the parking and traffic problems associated with today’s Badger football game.  The biggest gripers are those employees with paid parking permits who are being forcibly evicted from their assigned lots to make way for fans.

So as a public service, I’d like to remind everyone of these two oft-overlooked facts:

• The primary mission of UW-Madison is to field a truly awesome football team, and to do so in a time slot that is convenient for the commercial cable channel ESPN.
• The primary responsibility of UW-Madison faculty and staff is to ensure that their work schedule and parking habits don’t interfere with the above mission. (more…)