The Universities of Wisconsin is set to pay a consulting firm $395,000 after a diversity leader at the system’s flagship campus was demoted over financial concerns.
The review at University of Wisconsin-Madison will be in addition to $3.1 million the Universities of Wisconsin already agreed to pay Deloitte for financial assessments of the state’s 12 other public universities and UW system administration. Those evaluations wrapped up late last year, as six of the universities faced structural deficits.
With the new review, Deloitte will assess UW-Madison’s budgetary controls and recommend improvements, according to the contract signed last month. The work is expected to take three months.
The assessment stems from the recent removal of LaVar Charleston as UW-Madison’s vice chancellor for inclusive excellence. Charleston also directed the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement.
