UW System looking at consolidation between UW branch campuses, technical colleges
KELLY MEYERHOFER
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Students at UW-Platteville Richland, a branch campus struggling to stem enrollment losses, walk on campus in 2020 before COVID-19 hit. Interim UW System President Tommy Thompson wants to explore consolidation of some kind between UW branch campuses and technical colleges.
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Madison Area Technical College students study on campus last fall, masked and spaced apart.
MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
UW-Platteville Richland students, including Faith Morga, left, and her mom, Carrie, study in the student center in 2020.
Among the items on Tommy Thompson’s to-do list as interim president of the University of Wisconsin System are managing a pandemic on 26 campuses, dealing with a financial crisis and leading the System through what may be the most challenging budget session in recent memory.
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Students at UW-Platteville Richland, a branch campus struggling to stem enrollment losses, walk on campus in 2020 before COVID-19 hit. Interim UW System President Tommy Thompson wants to explore consolidation of some kind between UW branch campuses and technical colleges.
