Gateway faculty scrutinize BioCATT and CATI
Members of the Gateway Technical Education Association spent much of their summer uncovering a complex scheme concocted by district leaders that, they argue, is straining Gateway's budget and fleecing the district's property tax payers.
Both the Wisconsin Attorney General's Office and the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) State Office are now conducting investigations into Gateway's relationship with two private, non-profit corporations -- BioCATT, Inc. and CATI, Inc.
If approved, the new committee will give WTCS faculty an important voice in statewide educational issues.
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Technical colleges' legal bills studied
The non-partisan Legislative Audit Bureau recently concluded a months-long analysis of the technical colleges' use of outside legal counsel.
The audit showed that three technical college districts -- Milwaukee, Gateway and Lakeshore -- accounted for more than half (53%) of the technical colleges' spending on outside legal counsel in the years from 1999-2000 to 2003-04.
http://www.weac.org/Constit/wtcs/techmemo/2005-06/8_24/3.htm Governor signs 2005-07 budget
Governor Jim Doyle signed the 2005-07 Wisconsin state budget on July 25, using his veto pen to improve two important provisions affecting the technical colleges.
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WEAC member Barbara Ries, an instructor at Chippewa Valley Technical College, has been nominated for the prestigious Teacher of the Year Award from the country's leading career and technical education association. http://www.weac.org/Constit/wtcs/techmemo/2005-06/8_24/2.htm
Earlier this month, legislation was introduced that, if enacted, would result in the expansion of liberal arts transfer programs offered by technical college districts. http://www.weac.org/Constit/wtcs/techmemo/2005-06/8_24/5.htm |
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