Thompson pushes discussions to consolidate some two-year colleges and voc-tech institutions. //end headline wrapper ?>Tommy Thompson. Photo courtesy of the UW System.
With declining enrollment and fewer state dollars to work with, University of Wisconsin System interim President
Tommy Thompson says it’s time to think about consolidating some two-year UW campuses with nearby technical colleges.
Thompson first mentioned the idea of consolidating UW System and Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) campuses during a Jan. 26 webinar hosted by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum. He said a number of communities around the state have two-year UW branch campuses and technical colleges, and that taxpayers would wonder why they have both.