Higher Ed
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Rebuild the Badgers, Not Just the Roster
How Wisconsin fell behind in college football’s new market, and how to make the rebuild last
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“Our College System Would Go to Hell Very Quickly”: America’s Two College Admissions Markets
Most colleges don’t have Harvard’s admissions problem. At Harvard, seats are scarce. At many colleges and programs, the scarce thing is the student.
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Funding and Autonomy in Wisconsin Public Higher Education: A Response to the Wisconsin Technical College System
Wisconsin remains near the bottom nationally in its four-year-to-two-year funding ratio under alternative measures of enrollment.
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Wisconsin’s Love Affair with Its Technical Colleges: Seventh and Forty-Third, Wisconsin
Wisconsin ranks 7th nationally in public support per student for its technical colleges—and 43rd for its universities.
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The Collapse of Badger Football Is Not a Football Story
It is a budget story. WI competes in markets with a budget model built for a slower world. The state effectively constrains what the university can charge and directly limits what it…