The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) chose three UW System campuses to pilot a national initiative to enhance student learning.
UW-Eau Claire, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Oshkosh, and six universities from Oregon and California, were chosen to participate in the pilot program, â??Give Students a Compass: A Tri-State LEAP Partnership for College Learning, General Education and Underserved Student Success.â?
The goal of the project is to increase the participation and success of traditionally underserved students, such as racial and ethnic minorities, low-income and first-generation students. The project will also evaluate the performance of transfer students, who may have missed a universityâ??s orientation for incoming freshmen.