With 1,700 more students that last year, UW system enrollment grew by 1.1% to about 162,500 students. These are the official numbers, based on the system’s 10-day enrollment count, that are reported to the federal Department of Education.
This fall, the Universities of Wisconsin saw its first growth in enrollment since 2014.
According to official 10-day enrollment figures, enrollment increased by more than 1,700 students. This brought the Universities of Wisconsin total enrollment to 162,528, which is a 1.1% increase from last year’s enrollment.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is considering discontinuing some programs, citing shifting student demands and budget constraints.
It’s the latest in a series of budget cutting moves by state colleges, and comes as the school said it’s the fastest-growing university in the state.
Assembly Republicans passed two bills Tuesday that would ban the consideration of race in some college financial aid programs and would hold higher education institutions financially liable for violating a person’s free speech.
Under the bill, which passed 63-34 in the Assembly, state high schoolers who graduate in the top 10% of their class would be guaranteed admission to UW schools. Those in the top 5% would be guaranteed admission to UW-Madison.
The bill would allow high school students in the top 10% of their class to receive guaranteed admission to a Universities of Wisconsin institution or technical college of the applicant’s choice, with the top 5% guaranteed spot at UW-Madison.
Multidisciplinary approach combines architecture, engineering education, assistant teaching professor says.
Co-op members faced resistance from University Housing and difficult conditions after being told their original space was set for demolition.
Instead, Bah came to the United States to study physics, eventually moving to Madison where he now works part-time as a research scientist at UW-Madison.
Letter to the editor: Speaker Vos and every American elected official should be actively supporting the diversity, equity and inclusion of every American citizen in all public and political activities. The self-governing democracy we have developed over the centuries demands this.
Huang, who graduated in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, interned at Microsoft in Beijing and Seattle before joining Google in the U.S. in 2004. He founded an online games company and an e-commerce site prior to setting up PDD in 2015 as a rival to Alibaba.
