higher education

The University of Wisconsin System regents have selected UCLA's law school dean to lead UW-Madison. The regents announced Monday that they have picked Jennifer Mnookin to succeed outgoing Chancellor Rebecca Blank.

Fewer Wisconsin high school grads are going to college. One reason may be that college has become less affordable for Wisconsin students in need of financial aid.

UW-Madison's new Center for DREAMers recently opened to support the roughly 11,000 undocumented immigrants living in Wisconsin who are impacted by DACA. The program is a statewide initiative that’ll provide legal help, social services, and professional counseling to any undocumented or DACA recipient.

A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum looks at a key indicator for college enrollment: FAFSA completion. The FAFSA is the federal financial aid form high schoolers fill out when applying to college.

A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum examines how higher education in southeast Wisconsin is meeting the needs of the health care workforce. The report found that more people are graduating with bachelor’s degrees in nursing and other health care fields, but worker shortages remain.

A new four-year college in Milwaukee is now accepting applications.Edessa School of Fashion is hoping to become the Midwest’s first four-year college…

In fall of 2020, U.S. colleges and universities saw a 13% drop in freshman enrollment, likely due to the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now,…

One of UW-Milwaukee’s top administrators is retiring after 20 years at the university. Joan Prince, Vice Chancellor of Global Inclusion and Engagement,…

The goal of the non-profit Global Brigade is to put high school and college students to work eradicating poverty around the world.Among more than 500…

A new study from the Wisconsin Policy Forum looked at 18 colleges and universities in southeast Wisconsin between 2016 to 2019 to study trends in STEM…