Kelly Meyerhofer:

Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville and chairman of the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, said the drop to eighth in the country indicates UW-Madison has some “catching up to do.”

But he said UW-Madison has almost all of the tools it needs to improve its standing, such as a fund to make counteroffers for professors being poached by other institutions.

Related: controversy at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

Administrative roadblocks set back life-saving research at UW