Radomski has criticized UW’s aggressive timeline for rolling out such complex changes — the Board of Regents is expected to vote on Cross’ plan next month, and it would go into effect before the next academic year, if approved.

“There’s a lot of small, minutiae-type things that System presidents and Regents might not know about,” Berge said. “It would be very valuable to get all of these different perspectives.”

Asked about the criticism, System spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis said, “The first step was making a decision to put forth a proposal for restructuring, and our next step is to move into the planning and design phase.

“We value the input of our faculty, staff and students and they will have a voice in the process,” Marquis said.

Colleges plan follows controversial moves

Nassirian said criticism of the merger proposal had more to do with the process by which it was created, rather than opposition to the idea itself.