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The University of Wisconsin System merged with the Wisconsin State University system in 1971 to create today’s University of Wisconsin System. Governor Patrick Lucey pushed for Merger, stating cost savings as one major reason for the change.
In the fall of 1956, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee was created as a result of the merger of the Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee (formerly the Milwaukee State Normal School) and the University of Wisconsin's Milwaukee extension, a UW branch that had been offering graduate degrees in Milwaukee.
In December 1970, during the governor-elect’s preliminary budget hearings, speculation about a merger of the two state financed university systems received new fuel from the testimony of Lee S. Dreyfus, the President of the WSU-Stevens Point.
The University of Wisconsin System was established in October 1971, with the passage of legislation merging all of Wisconsin’s public colleges and universities into a single, consolidated organization. Although a new entity, the merged System had deep historical roots.
The University of Wisconsin System was established in a tumultuous 1971 merger combining all of the state's public colleges and universities into a single entity. Drawing on decades of previously unpublished sources, administration insider Patricia A. Brady details this dramatic story, illuminating a continual struggle among and within the ...
The College merged with the University of Wisconsin's Milwaukee Extension Center in 1955 to become the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The campus soon expanded to 91 acres, facilities were continuously constructed, and both undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including doctorates, grew and developed, with a student body of more ...
In 1956, pressed by the growing demand for a large public university that offered graduate programs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's largest city, Wisconsin lawmakers merged Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee (WSCM) and the University of Wisconsin–Extension's Milwaukee division as the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. The new campus comprised ...
