University of Wisconsin Colleges

The campuses are:[1]

• University of Wisconsin Colleges Online

University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire:

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – Barron County

University of Wisconsin–Green Bay:

• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Marinette Campus
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus

University of Wisconsin–Platteville:

• University of Wisconsin-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County
• University of Wisconsin-Platteville Richland

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee:

• University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at Washington County
• University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at Waukesha

University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh:

• University of Wisconsin–Fond du Lac
• University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley

University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point:

• University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point at Wausau
• University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point at Marshfield

University of Wisconsin–Whitewater:

• University of Wisconsin–Whitewater at Rock County

An Associate degree can be earned at any of the campuses, including the online campus. Six of the campuses now (2013) offer a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree. The UW Colleges is also frequently used as a stepping stone in order to transfer to another institution in the University of Wisconsin System. This is facilitated by the "Guaranteed Transfer Program" whereby a student is guaranteed admission as a junior to another institution if certain requirements are met.

In 1940, the University of Wisconsin-Extension began operating freshman-sophomore centers across the state. After World War II, the UW Board of Regents encouraged counties and municipalities to donate land for this purpose, mainly to serve the influx of students enrolling after the war. After the 1971 merger of the University of Wisconsin System with the Wisconsin State Universities System to form the present-day UW System, the freshman-sophomore centers became a separate institution of the newly created system known as the University of Wisconsin Centers. The centers became known as University of Wisconsin Colleges in 1997.

In 2005, the Board of Regents partially reunited UW Colleges with UW-Extension. Although the two units share a single administration, they have separate provosts and retain separate identities.

The chancellor of both UW Colleges and UW-Extension is Cathy Sandeen.

• Wisconsin Technical College System

• University of Wisconsin Colleges

Bower, Jerry. The University of Wisconsin Colleges, 1919-1997: The Wisconsin Idea at Work. New Past P, 2002. 978-0938627555