Higher Education

The Carthage College team is aiming to have its work “mission ready” in nine months.

Three companies behind planned and ongoing data center developments on Thursday separately announced efforts aimed at supporting Wisconsin researchers and communities.

It’s the most recent loss to the UW system’s footprint in smaller communities around the state. Alumni and education experts say the closures also make education less accessible for many in Wisconsin.

Enrollment across state universities has ticked upward for a third year, according to the Universities of Wisconsin. While the number of new freshmen from the dairy state hit a new record, international student enrollment fell by more than 7 percent.

UW-Platteville will shutter its Baraboo Sauk County campus at the end of this school year, according to an announcement Friday.

UW-Madison is considered a national leader in foreign language education. Now, campus leaders are working to keep these programs going without funding they relied on for more than 60 years.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison saw a sharp drop in the number of new students attending from overseas this fall, the decline coming after college officials voiced concerns about the impact of Trump administration policies on international enrollment.

Republican legislators are proposing a “Dual Enrollment Reform Bill” they say would simplify the process to make it more accessible for all students.

The city of Ashland is seeking outside input on potential new uses of the shuttered Northland College campus.

A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire fundraising foundation has sold a 600,000-square-foot former hospital to a local developer with a possibility of it being converted into a medical research park.