Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model

About 20 percent of Wisconsin adults have some postsecondary course credit.

Students at the University of Wisconsin (UW) can earn college degrees based on proven competency in a subject, making UW the first publicly-funded school to launch a competency-based degree program.

Led by officials at UW-Extension, a continued learning program with offices located across Wisconsin, the UW Flexible Degree will let incoming students demonstrate their knowledge and cut down on the time it takes to earn a degree.

UW Chancellor Ray Cross and Gov. Scott Walker unveiled the Flexible Degree program June 19 as a way to help Wisconsinites boost their education credentials and fill empty jobs that require a two-or-four-year degree.…Read More

Subsidy at risk for Wis. students

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is taking another controversial approach to fight the state’s budget crisis, and this time, it could affect students at the University of Minnesota, MN Daily reports. Walker’s budget proposal suggests changing the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement to eliminate a subsidy that helps Wisconsin students pay for higher tuition costs in Minnesota…

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