A history of the University of Wisconsin System

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Brady, Patricia A., author

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"The University of Wisconsin System was established in a tumultuous 1971 merger combining all of the state's public colleges and universities into a single entity. Drawing on decades of previously ...

"The University of Wisconsin System was established in a tumultuous 1971 merger combining all of the state's public colleges and universities into a single entity. Drawing on decades of previously unpublished sources, administration insider Patricia A. Brady details this dramatic story, illuminating a continual struggle among and within the System campuses, and between the System and the state. The UW System serves as a powerful case study for how broad, national trends in higher education take shape on the ground. Brady illustrates the ways culture wars have played out on campuses and the pressures that have mounted as universities have shifted to a student-as-consumer approach. This is the essential, unvarnished story of the unique collection of institutions that serve Wisconsin and the world--and a convincing argument for why recognizing and reinvesting in the System is critically important for the economic and civic future of the state and its citizens."--

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