Coronavirus Aid Deal Deadline Nears, State Colleges And Universities Continue To Lose Funding

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Schofield Hall at UW-Eau Claire
Schofield Hall, the main administrative building at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Germonprez~enwiki (CC-BY)

First, we explore the possibility of Congress coming to an agreement on another pandemic aid package. Then, we look at a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum that explains how “years of slow erosion of funding and enrollment” has caused problems for the state’s colleges and universities.

Featured in this Show

  • Will Congress Make A Deal?

    The deadline looms for Congress to make a deal for another round of pandemic aid. We speak with a political journalist for the latest from Washington, D.C.

  • Funding, Enrollment Challenges Facing Wisconsin's Public Colleges And Universities

    A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum details how decreasing enrollment, declining state funding and a tuition freeze are putting the state’s colleges and universities behind their competitors. We speak with the report’s authors about what this means for innovation and longevity in Wisconsin higher education.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Molly Stentz Producer
  • Jana Rose Schleis Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Craig Gilbert Guest
  • Jason Stein Guest
  • Mark Sommerhauser Guest