Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor is encouraging the public to demand a greater investment in higher education.
Barbara Lawton, a Democrat, is in Washington, D.C., today to give the keynote address to about 1,200 people at the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ annual meeting.
She plans to announce that Wisconsin will be a pilot project state for the Liberal Education and America’s Promise campaign. It is a drive for public awareness about the value of a higher education at a time when states are spending less on their colleges and universities.