Recent news stories have praised the announcement by the University of Wisconsin Colleges to offer high school students the opportunity to obtain high school and college credits simultaneously through dual-enrollment programming. We applaud the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and the University of Wisconsin Colleges for their efforts to improve access to higher education, because more degrees lead to a stronger economy….UW-Madison accepts more transfer students from our campus than from any other institution, including all of the UW Colleges combined. And full-time students who complete their associate degrees at Madison College save thousands of dollars a year in tuition compared to UW-Madison, making us a high quality yet affordable point of access to a four-year degree.