The Trump regime and UW System leadership are lockstep in prioritizing big tech, with a special emphasis on artificial intelligence. While tech spending is getting a blank check, UW leadership is instructing campuses across the state to cut faculty and staff costs.

This shift in priorities, UW admin argues, will improve efficiency and students’ job prospects after graduation.

But a corporatized model of education actually harms students, according to an article published today in Tone Madison.

For more, our News Producer Faye Parks sat down with author Neil Kraus, a professor of political science at UW-River Falls and Vice President for Higher Education for AFT-Wisconsin.

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