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Inside Milwaukee s City Hall sits the Mayor s Office, the Common Council, and now, for the first time, the Office of Equity and Inclusion in the Department of Administration.
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MILWAUKEE â Inside Milwaukee s City Hall sits the Mayor s Office, the Common Council, and now, for the first time, the Office of Equity and Inclusion in the Department of Administration. It has to be more than just a phrase, it has to be action behind that, and I m definitely committed to that, said Nikki Purvis.
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Five UW System schools to put higher education counselors into targeted high schools to help guide students to college Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In a novel initiative to address a series of challenges on Wisconsin campuses projections of declining enrollment, recruiting and supporting students of color and the damage of COVID-19 five universities are putting counselors in targeted high schools to help guide students to higher education.
The University of Wisconsin campuses will each put $200,000 toward helping high school students, particularly those who are the first in their families to attend college, navigate what can seem like one hurdle after another. That help could take the form of helping fill out financial aid and scholarship applications, ACT/SAT prep work, career planning and understanding the concept of choosing a major.
WHITEWATER
UW-Whitewater is getting $200,000 from the UW System to put two recruiters in high schools in Rock and Walworth counties with the goal of helping students overcome barriers and attend system schools.
UW-W is one of five system schools that are splitting the $1 million for what the system in a press release Wednesday called a ânew precollege pipeline initiative.â UW-Oshkosh, UW-Parkside, UW-Platteville and UW-Stout are the other universities.
Kenny Yarbrough, UW-Wâs associate vice chancellor of equity, diversity, inclusion and support programs, told The Gazette on Wednesday that UW-W wants one coach/recruiter to target an urban or suburban area in Janesville and Beloit and the other to go after more rural areas in Walworth County.