Sara Gabler:

$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. 

“I cited a number, just on one software–EAB’s Navigate–which is a huge priority for the UW, [that was] over $20 million. And I thought that was a lot. It is a lot. So your number is astronomical and game changing. Wow,” Kraus says.

But first let me backup and describe how WORT learned about Huron’s contracts with the UW Syste

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