The state must reinvest in its universities to meet ambitious goals of boosting its number of college graduates, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly said Thursday.
Just last year, the UW System set its sights on increasing the number of college-degree holders in the state by 30% over the next 15 years – a cumulative increase of 80,000 degree holders by 2025 – in an effort to lure companies and boost Wisconsin?s economy. But then state funding for the UW System was cut $250 million for the 2011-?13 fiscal years.