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Another group of professors declared they don't have confidence in the leaders of the University of Wisconsin System on Monday, as UW-Stout faculty members became the latest to rebuke the state's top public higher education officials.

Six of the UW System's 13 campuses have now seen faculty members approve votes of no confidence in the system's Board of Regents and President Ray Cross. The votes come in the wake of state funding cuts and the approval new tenure policies that made it easier to lay off professors -- changes faculty say threaten the quality of UW institutions.

The UW-Stout Faculty Senate passed a resolution Monday afternoon declaring they have no confidence in Cross or the Regents' "commitment to oppose further reductions in state aid for the UW System and in their commitment to the Wisconsin Idea," the university's cherished outreach mission.

UW officials have defended their actions, saying they have tried to work with state legislators as they advocate for the system.

Republican lawmakers, including Gov. Scott Walker, have derided the votes as an overreaction to the budget cuts and changes to tenure.