UW merger plan aims to expand programs at 2-year colleges
UW System President Ray Cross says his plan to merge UW’s two-year schools with four-year universities would expand the reach of the larger schools and keep the smaller schools in local communities.
Cross appeared Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. His proposal is meant to address declining enrollment at UW Colleges, which Cross attributes to flat population growth among college-age people.
Under his plan, the 13 smaller schools would become branches of nearby, larger UW campuses. The plan will go before the Board of Regents next month.
“What we do know is that more students need more bachelor’s degrees and those institutions are transfer institutions,” Cross said of the UW Colleges.
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