Wisconsin system's budget reserves become target for lawmakers

Inside Higher Ed: Listening to Wisconsin state lawmakers talk this week, one could get the impression that University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly is sitting on a $1 billion pile of cash that he’s been collecting from student tuition revenue over the years and not spending.

"There is so much money lying around I feel very uncomfortable moving forward today giving you more authority," Wisconsin General Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday, at a hearing originally scheduled to be about whether the system should be given more authority over personnel decisions.

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