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- Governor Patrick Lucey pushed for Merger, stating cost savings as one major reason for the change. Other reasons for merger included concerns with duplication of programming across campuses along with concerns about equality between the two extant systems.
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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.
- Pre-Merger Information
- Merger Information
- Impacts of Merger
- Interviews
- Acknowledgements
Before merger, the Coordinating Council of Higher Education (CCHE) existed as a board meant to provide oversight to the two systems of higher education in Wisconsin. UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Green Bay and UW-Parkside campuses were one system and the other was the Wisconsin State University System.
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. Other reasons for merger included concerns with duplication of programming across campuses along with concer...
The various impacts of merger are discussed at length by this oral history project’s narrator. Patricia A. Brady writes of one major impact in her book, A History of the University of Wisconsin System: “Overcoming initial organizational and leadership struggles, the System matured as an effective administrative structure supporting a remarkable ran...
*Cronon’s link takes you to all his oral history interviews. One will need to click on the 2nd & 3rd View Item boxes to access the Merger interviews. What follows is the list of individuals (and their oral history number) who have contributed to the project. Click on any hyperlinked name to access their oral history.
All interviews were conducted by Laura Smail and Martin Dowling, and this webpage was created by 2021 OHP staffers, Jennifer Donahoe, Emma Helstrom and Alec Kirkwood. This project was overseen by Troy Reeves, UW-Madison’s Oral Historian. For more information about this project or the Oral History Program visit the Oral History Programwebpage or ema...
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 1956, Wisconsin State College-Milwaukee merged with the University of Wisconsin–Extension's Milwaukee division (a graduate branch of the University of Wisconsin–Madison) to form the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. [13]
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 ...
Sep 13, 2018 · But the University of Wisconsin System threw a Hail Mary instead, merging two-year colleges with four-year universities to shore up two-year campuses that were in a financial tailspin from...
