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The UW Board of Regents, somewhat reluctantly, voted Thursday to extend the tuition freeze in the upcoming school year.

Last August, about 150 students from the Asian University for Women were evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban took over. Eight of them are now studying at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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.

Students go to school to learn reading, writing and math. But what if they also were taught how to open a bank account, create a budget and build a good credit score? Personal finance education has been growing in Milwaukee at the high school and college level.

Milwaukee’s two biggest universities started spring semester Monday with some additional COVID-19 precautions.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is requiring employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4. The mandate is a result of an order from the Biden administration, requiring vaccination for federal contractors.

Billions more in federal money could be flowing into engineering, research and development at universities in Wisconsin and elsewhere.

Nine southeast Wisconsin colleges and universities have made public commitments to increase their Hispanic student enrollment, and better support those students.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee came back to life Thursday as most students returned to in-person classes for the first time in a year and a half.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee admissions staff hit the road in Wisconsin and northern Illinois, visiting high schools to answer admitted students’ questions and to encourage them to enroll.