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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.
Jun 30, 2018 · The University of Wisconsin System plans to merge its 13 two-year campuses with seven of its four-year colleges received approval from its accreditation agency.
Aug 30, 2021 · In 2017 to 2018, the University of Wisconsin (UW) System undertook a major consolidation, removing its two-year college campuses from a standalone sub-system known as the UW Colleges and merging them with nearby four-year UW institutions.
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 ...
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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 Drawing on decades of previously unpublished sources, administration insider Patricia A. Brady details this dramatic story, illuminating a continual struggle among and within the ...
