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UW-Platteville vacating Richland campus, Senate Democrats blame Republicans
The University of Wisconsin system announced this week that UW-Platteville will vacate its Richland campus by July — a decision that local officials said will cause adverse effects for the local economy and that Senate Democrats blame on ongoing underfunding of the state’s public universities by Republican lawmakers. UW-Platteville eliminated in-person classes at its two-year […] The post UW-Platteville vacating Richland campus, Senate Democrats blame Republicans appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Wisconsin Senate Democrats blame Republicans for UW-Richland closing
(The Center Square) – Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol are laying the blame for the end of the UW-Platteville Richland campus on statehouse Republicans but aren’t acknowledging the school’s drop in enrollment. A handful of Senate Democrats on Thursday told reporters that years of underfunding are to blame for this week’s decision to fully close the UW-PLatteville campus in Richland Center. “It is not lost on me, and it should...
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