For example, the law school suite includes building a new law school on campus and renovating Condon Hall to use as surge space while Johnson and Guggenheim are renovated. The capital budget proposals, particularly the law school suite and the decision to locate the school on the main campus, drew the most comment. A number of speakers also expressed concern that the UW administration was being too compliant with legislators who do not appreciate the true cost of higher education. Because we are smart we have always figured out how to do more with less. We are so good at it the Legislature expects us to continually to do more with less, said Leroy Searle, director of the Center for the Humanities.
Many units are already at a stage of crisis.
There is no wiggle room left. Provost Lee Huntsman responded, Essentially with this budget we are asking the Legislature how much University it wants to buy. There are consequences in how they answer that. However much they buy, that s how much we will deliver. Comments will be considered in drafting a proposed budget for presentation to the Board of Regents in July.