The Cutting Edge

Way back when, I was a student in Wisconsin. I always thought then that the University of Wisconsin Press was unnecessary. Seeing what is going on just north of here, with virtually everything on the chopping block, I could not agree more with prior writers. Any funding or free rent for University of Wisconsin Press should be at the top of the list for budget cuts. The same logic should also apply to many other university presses throughout the country that publish obscure books that few want to read at taxpayer expense. Are these publishing operations a priority, especially with the advent of electronic books. The world is changing. In academia the phrase is "publish or perish." Time for taxpayers to pick one.