Power of the Wisconsin Idea - Ry Rivard, Inside Higher Ed

Governor Scott Walker backed away Wednesday from an effort to end the University of Wisconsin’s mission to search for truth and improve the human condition -- at least on paper. In that draft of the governor's budget, gone from state code was the commandment that the university “search for truth.” Gone was the exultation to “improve the human condition.” Gone was the charge to “extend knowledge and its application beyond the boundaries of its campuses.” Instead, Walker, a Republican, inserted a new benediction: “meet the state’s workforce needs.” At the end of the day, a Walker spokeswoman said the inflammatory language was all a mistake. A spokesman for the university system told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that higher ed officials had raised objections to the language before it was released. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/02/05/drafting-error-or-gubernatorial-assault-expansive-view-higher-ed-wisconsin