A new report from a UW-Madison think tank warns that most residents in southern Wisconsin will never earn four-year college degrees and says economic development efforts must reflect that reality.
The report from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) released Wednesday found that in Dane County over 59 percent of the population does not have a four-year degree. That number increases to 84 percent for the other 11 counties of southwestern and south central Wisconsin included in the report.