Higher Education
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New Wisconsin law taps ‘Dreamers’ to fill critical rural labor gaps
A bipartisan Wisconsin law removes barriers for more than 5,000 DACA recipients in the state, allowing them to work in high-need fields, especially in rural areas, including nursing, teaching, plumbing, and other licensed trades.
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Study: Wisconsin trails most states in college affordability
The state ranked 46th in its share of public colleges considered affordable. As Wisconsin lawmakers spend less on higher education, some see tuition promise programs as part of the solution.
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Wisconsin’s Aniya Warren became a children’s book author ahead of her first season with the Badgers
Aniya Warren’s book — “I Am Human,” which is independently published and available for purchase on Amazon — combines her off-the-court writing passion with an important message about it being OK to make mistakes.
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Just 0.2% of Universities are Better Than Wisconsin — According to New Global Ranking
The University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 30th worldwide and 20th in the United States in the 2025 edition of the Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings. That puts our state’s flagship school in the top 0.2% of the 21,462 universities ranked worldwide! “We at UW–Madison gain our greatest satisfaction from helping…
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Trolling Trump 101: You can now take Harvard courses in Wisconsin for free!
Harvard has come up with a clever way to push back at the revenge-seeking president — by offering classes like “American Government” and “Constitutional Foundations” FOR FREE! The Ivy League university has actually been doing this since the pandemic, but this new slate of politically-focused courses is a direct shot at Trump’s lack of education…
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Make America Green Again: Wisconsin schools are stepping up after Trump ends ‘Green Ribbon’ program
THIS IS A REAL POST THE WHITE HOUSE ACTUALLY PUBLISHED: “We Finally Have a President Who Follows Science.” Click here to read. The Trump administration non-sarcastically shared that on Earth Day — and on that day, and every day, Donald Trump has done the exact opposite. In just the first six months of his second…
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I’m helping my college-age kid fill out the 2025-2026 FAFSA. Here’s what to know.
If the financial aid fiasco last year had you, like me, coming up with creative alternatives for the FAFSA acronym, you can take a big, deep breath. This year, the process is so much easier. Or maybe you’re a FAFSA newbie, and you have no knowledge of 2023’s drama—you just want the quick ‘n’ easy…
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Harris underperforms recent Democrats in UW-Madison wards
Vice President Kamala Harris easily clutched a win in Dane County, but UW-Madison campus wards showed underperformance with college students.
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Wisconsin college students targeted by groups with threatening texts and fake ad campaigns
The text messages imply students are not eligible to vote here—when they probably are. Also: An anonymous campaign uses the war in Gaza to try to trick young voters into voting against Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
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America’s ‘Little Free Library’ movement started in Wisconsin
DID YOU KNOW? For every one public library in the US, there are three Little Free Libraries. That’s thanks to Wisconsin! Learn the story behind this incredible program, and how YOU can start one.
