University of Wisconsin System Spends Millions on Consultants (Sara Gabler, WORT News Department)

$51 million dollars. That’s how much money the UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group between 2019 and 2023.

Neil Kraus says that number is “astronomical.” Kraus is a professor of political science at UW-River Falls and President of United Falcons, the campus branch of AFT-Wisconsin. He tracks the Universities of Wisconsin budget cuts, technology spending, and austerity measures.

He co-wrote a piece with Jon Shelton for the Cap Times about technology spending.

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