ACTION The state should continue its work to help the UW and other public institutions of higher education use public dollars more efficiently. First, the state should review its reporting requirements and either consolidate or remove all that are duplicative or otherwise unnecessary. Reducing reporting requirements will benefit the state by diverting precious time and resources back to areas where they make the most impact — teaching, research and outreach. Also, the state should prioritize those outcomes that are most important to achieve and empower the UW and other public universities to adopt LEAN management techniques and other steps that will best improve processes, streamline practices and make these outcomes a reality.
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