University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley said yesterday that UW-Milwaukee needs to be ââ?¬Å?unshackledââ?¬Â from constraints on the programs it offers if it is to realize its full potential. Speaking at a noon luncheon sponsored by the Wisconsin Innovation Network, Wiley said successive legislatures, boards of regents and generations of assistant administrators have been ââ?¬Å?terrifiedââ?¬Â of someone pointing out possible duplication between the universities, leading to a situation where Milwaukee ââ?¬Å?has been forced to give odd names to some of its programs and blanket names to its PhD programs.ââ?¬Â
Wiley pointed out that even though Milwaukee has a wide array of undergraduate engineering programs, a PhD in any of those areas is simply called ââ?¬Å?engineering,ââ?¬Â while a PhD in philosophy is called ââ?¬Å?urban studies.ââ?¬Â