New safeguards for the $81 million payroll and benefits IT system are in place with Huron Consulting Group, the UW System Board of Regents reported Thursday.
Thomas Anderes, UW System senior vice president of administration and fiscal affairs, said negotiations with Huron have been successful. He said Huron has agreed to pay $100,000 in damages if any professional who leaves the company has not been suitably replaced within 10 days. The company came under criticism earlier in the year for falsifying reports.
Earlier this month, the Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology questioned Anderes on the payroll project's cost efficiency and oversight. The committee pressed Anderes on how the new IT project would differ from past failed attempts.
At the regents' meeting, Anderes said the IT project is in the ""build"" phase until June 2010.
The regents also discussed UW System remedial education and reported the number of incoming freshmen who were required to take remedial mathematics courses increased to 21.3 percent from 17 percent. The percentage of students who needed remedial English courses decreased to 6.7 percent from 7.8 percent.
Provosts in attendance proposed remedial education initiatives including intensive short-term courses and working with K-12 educators.
