36.01 Statement of purpose and mission. (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 […]
36.03 System. There is created in this state a system of institutions of learning to be known as the University of Wisconsin System. The principal office and one university of the system shall be located at or near the seat of state government. History: 1973 c. 335.
36.05 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Academic staff” means professional and administrative personnel with duties, and subject to types of appointments, that are primarily associated with higher education institutions or their administration. (2) “Board of regents” or “board” means the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System. (3) “Campus” means the publicly owned […]
36.07 Corporate title, officers, meetings, records. (1) Corporate status and title. The board and their successors in office shall constitute a body corporate by the name of “Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System”. (2) Secretary. The board shall appoint a secretary of the board who shall keep a faithful record of all […]
36.09 Responsibilities. (1) The board of regents. (a) The primary responsibility for governance of the system shall be vested in the board which shall enact policies and promulgate rules for governing the system, plan for the future needs of the state for university education, ensure the diversity of quality undergraduate programs while preserving the strength […]
36.11 Powers and duties of the board of regents. (1) Protection of people; custody and management of property. (a) The board may promulgate rules under ch. 227 to protect the lives, health and safety of persons on property under its jurisdiction and to protect such property and to prevent obstruction of the functions of the […]
36.112 Performance funding; innovation fund. (1) Definition. In this section, “institution” includes the extension. (2) Goals; metrics. (a) The legislature hereby establishes the following goals for the system: 1. Growing and ensuring student access. 2. Improving and excelling at student progress and completion. 3. Expanding contributions to the workforce. 4. Enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness. […]
36.115 Personnel systems. (1) In this section: (a) “Chancellor” means the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (b) “State specialists” means faculty or academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, or University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences with appointments partially or fully funded through […]
36.12 Student discrimination prohibited. (1) No student may be denied admission to, participation in or the benefits of, or be discriminated against in any service, program, course or facility of the system or its institutions because of the student’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status or […]
36.14 Wisconsin distinguished professorships. (1) The board may establish distinguished professorships under this section. (2) The board may pay under this section the salary and fringe benefit costs of the professor holding the distinguished professorship and of any graduate assistant assigned to the professor, and the equipment, supplies and travel costs of the professor and […]
36.15 Academic staff appointments. (1) Definitions. In this section: (a) “Administrative appointment” means an academic staff appointment for a fixed or indefinite term granted to a system, campus, college, school or other divisional officer involved in policy development or execution and to persons involved in directing, organizing or supervising higher education related activities. (b) “Professional […]
36.19 Other appointments. The board may make or authorize fixed term appointments for student assistants and employees in training, such as residents, interns, post-doctoral fellows or trainees or associates. Appointments made under this section shall not be subject to s. 36.15. History: 1973 c. 335; 2015 a. 55.
36.21 Termination due to certain budget or program changes. Notwithstanding s. 36.15, the board may, with appropriate notice, terminate any faculty or academic staff appointment when such an action is deemed necessary due to a budget or program decision requiring program discontinuance, curtailment, modification, or redirection. No person may be employed at the institution within […]
36.22 Layoff or termination of faculty member due to certain budget or program changes. (1) Definitions. In this section: (a) “Layoff” means an indefinite suspension or involuntary reduction in services and compensation of a faculty member’s employment by the system. (b) “Program change” means program discontinuance, curtailment, modification, or redirection. (c) “Termination” means the permanent […]
36.23 Conflict of interest. No regent or officer or other person appointed or employed in any position in the system may at any time act as agent for any person or organization where such act would create a conflict of interest with the terms of the person’s service in the system. The board shall define […]
36.25 Special programs. (2) Wisconsin residents preference in housing. Preference as to rooming, boarding and apartment facilities in the use of living units operated by any university shall, for the following school year, be given to students who are residents of this state and who apply before March 15, unless a later date is set […]
36.27 Tuition. (1) Board of regents to establish. (a) Subject to par. (b), the board may establish for different classes of students differing tuition and fees incidental to enrollment in educational programs or use of facilities in the system. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board may charge any student who is not […]
36.29 Gifts; golf course. (1) All gifts, grants, and bequests for the benefit or advantage of the system or any of its institutions, departments, or facilities or to provide any means of instruction, illustration, or knowledge in connection therewith, whether made to trustees or otherwise, shall be valid notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter […]
36.30 Sick leave. Leave of absence for employees with pay, owing to sickness, shall be regulated by rules of the board, except that unused sick leave shall accumulate from year to year. History: 1975 c. 88; 1981 c. 96 ss. 22, 67; 1981 c. 386; 1997 a. 237; 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20 ss. […]
36.31 Coordination with other educational agencies; credit for military education. (1) The board shall not, without the approval of the technical college system board, broaden the system’s post-high school training mission to include the preparation of persons for semiprofessional or skilled-trade occupations beyond those offered during the 1972-73 academic year. The technical college system board […]
