A Growth Agenda for Wisconsin

Access • Affordability • Growth

The “Growth Agenda for Wisconsin” is a plan to achieve access and affordability for UW students, and boost economic growth for the state. With reinvestment from the state, the University of Wisconsin System will:

1. Enroll more Wisconsin residents and graduate more four-year college-degree holders.
2. Attract college graduates from other states to Wisconsin.
3. Use university resources to grow knowledge-economy jobs for Wisconsin’s future.

Solving the ‘silent crisis’

In the end, the “Growth Agenda for Wisconsin” is about solving the silent crisis that confronts Wisconsin and the nation as a whole. National research projects that if current trends continue, for every 100 of our eighth graders, some 30 will earn a college degree.

Without a college education in the knowledge economy, where will the other 70 kids end up? Far too few will be eligible for high-skill jobs paying family-sustaining wages.

The UW System is ready to work with Wisconsin citizens and legislative leaders in both houses, on both sides of the aisle, to grow Wisconsin’s economy.

Together, we can keep the UW open and affordable for Wisconsin students, and deliver real returns to Wisconsin taxpayers.

More Wisconsin citizens with college degrees means:

• More high-paying jobs
• A stronger tax base
• An improved state economy

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Office of Budget and Planning