GOOD FRIDAY UPDATE - AG Report - WI Board of Regents

MILWAUKEE, WI - It is Good Friday, April 22, 2011, the day of completion and forwarded information for full investigation consideration by Wisconsin Attorney General JB Van Hollen.

We know there have been missteps, we submit documentations for identifying the wrongdoings, and we look forward to AG Van Hollen to provide due diligence in his office investigation so that the process and procedure of WI law, Statute 36.01 (1) and (2) on behalf of the public interest in our University of Wisconsin System is met by those we place confidence in, said Mary Glass - Chair/CEO, Milwaukee Professionals Association.

Both State Statute 36 and the UW-Milwaukee Select Mission are called into question.

Below is Chapter 36, the prerequisite for the Call for Investigation by MPA.

CHAPTER 36
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
36.01 Statement of purpose and mission.
36.01(1)
(1) The legislature finds it in the public interest to provide a system of higher education which enables students of all ages, backgrounds and levels of income to participate in the search for knowledge and individual development; which stresses undergraduate teaching as its main priority; which offers selected professional graduate and research programs with emphasis on state and national needs; which fosters diversity of educational opportunity; which promotes service to the public; which makes effective and efficient use of human and physical resources; which functions cooperatively with other educational institutions and systems; and which promotes internal coordination and the wisest possible use of resources.

36.01(2)
(2) The mission of the system is to develop human resources, to discover and disseminate knowledge, to extend knowledge and its application beyond the boundaries of its campuses and to serve and stimulate society by developing in students heightened intellectual, cultural and humane sensitivities, scientific, professional and technological expertise and a sense of purpose. Inherent in this broad mission are methods of instruction, research, extended training and public service designed to educate people and improve the human condition. Basic to every purpose of the system is the search for truth.