GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) - Most professors within the UW-Wisconsin system will likely have to deal with a state-mandated expanded course load next school year.

At UW Green Bay, most professors would go from teaching 21 credit hours during the year (three one semester and four during the other) to 24 credit hours (four each semester) This equates to one extra class.

It may not sound like a lot, but professors said it's significant.

"In general, it takes about three hours of preparation for each one hour of class time," said UW Green Bay Democracy & Justice Studies chairperson and AFT-Wisconsin president Jon Shelton. "Writing lectures, grading, meeting with students in your office."

Shelton also points out that professors do extensive research in their field, help develop curriculum in the

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