Chancellor Biddy Martin sent an e-mail Wednesday urging faculty, staff and students to openly show their support for the UW-Madison New Badger Partnership.
""There are those who do not want this to succeed, and they are reaching out to the Legislature,"" said Martin in the e-mail. ""We need you to do the same.""
Other UW System chancellors drafted a plan, The Wisconsin Idea Partnership, which they said would provide flexibility for all system schools.
Martin said the Wisconsin Idea Partnership would not satisfy UW-Madison's needs in the same way as the New Badger Partnership.
The Wisconsin Idea Partnership, according to Martin, does not give the university the flexibility it needs and fails to address the unique needs of the institution as a research university, among other problems.
Martin said she would like to create a system with the other chancellors that provides every UW System school increased flexibility without taking away what UW-Madison would gain through the existing proposal.
