And this mornings cspan bus is on the campus of the university of wisconsin in madison and joining us on the bus is ray cross, whos the president of the university of wisconsin system. Thank you for being here. Lets begin with this distinction of being the president of the university of wisconsins system. What does that mean . Within the university of wisconsin system, greta, theres 13 fouryear institutions and 13 twoyear feeder institutions extension is in all 72 counties, in addition to that, there are 180,000 students throughout the system. 40,000 employees. Its roughly the sixth largest system in the United States, with about a 6 billion budget. Its pretty sizable Higher Education, Public Higher Education operation. What does it mean that you are the president of the system as opposed to a president of just lets say the university of wisconsin, madison, of one site . Part of the theory behind a system is that theyre meant to coordinate and to develop state wide issues, issues that
How big is the university of wisconsin madison . Madison has about 43,000 to 44,000 students. Its probably in the middle of the big ten, sixth or seventh, in that category of big ten. Its the Third Largest recipient of u. S. Dollars, its a major institution, its been ranked in the top five ever since i can remember. It puts a tremendous emphasis on research, and all the work thats being done in Stem Cell Research. And changing those into different heart cells and even retina cells. Research in the biosciences, its a phenomenal institution when it comes to research and energy and areas like that, its been very active in the weather station. I think we have 18 nobel prize winners, engineering and chemistry and medicine and physics, its a Major Research institution. And the university of wisconsin madison, its tuition fees for undergraduate degrees, for in state, youre looking at a little over 10,000. Out of state the price tag is 26,660. The room and board costs come in at about 8,600. W
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