UWM at Waukesha closing in 2025; WCTC to help with transition

"It is certainly disappointing for many of our employees when you have this type of news; we do see opportunities for our students for our employees," said UWM Chancellor Mark Mone.

Mone says a drop in enrollment and funding are to blame. At the Waukesha campus, school leaders say enrollment declined 65% from 2014 to 2023. This year (2024) it went down another 13%. There are currently about 550 full-time students.

He says state funding decreased, so colleges like UWM relied on tuition, but with fewer people enrolling, that was unsustainable.

As part of the closure, UWM and Waukeska County Technical College are partnering up. "We’re able to assume the students coming over from UWM Waukesha really fairly seamlessly both in space and with faculty. I imagine we’d have to hire some faculty," said WCTC President Rich Barnhouse.

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Source and Date Accessed: https://www.fox6now.com/, 10/27/2024