More on the Efforts to Marketize UW-Madison
A few months ago I wrote about the HR Design process at UW-Madison. Some readers questioned the accuracy of my assertions. We have new confirmatory information obtained via open records requests. It seems the Huron Engagement has been expensive, indeed. In the following memo, the Wisconsin University Union summarizes what we now know. It's a bit long, so I have underlined and bolded key points. To: Interested campus employees From: WUU Date: June 20, 2012 RE: Memos from Huron Consulting Group As you may know, Wisconsin University Union (WUU) has filed a series of open meeting and open requests to UW administration to gain access to information on the HR Design Project (the Project). We initiated these requests because we believed that the effects of the Project will likely be far-reaching and long-term and that despite the administration’s attempt to project a gloss of participation and transparency to the process, it was fundamentally top-down and opaque...