HIGHER EDUCATION

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.

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…

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…

From UW Madison to UW Parkside, we compared all 13 University of Wisconsin campuses on factors like tuition, class size, graduation rate, and more. 

Wisconsin ranks among the best places for new college graduates. The rankings are based on metrics for the job market, costs, and social aspects.

Friday’s announcement is just the latest round of student debt cancellation enacted by the Biden administration, which has approved relief for more than 4.3 million people so far, including 44,380 people in Wisconsin.

The new proposal will focus on providing debt relief to those with older loans or loans with large sums of interest; those with high-cost, unavoidable child care or health care expenses; borrowers who are highly likely to default; and others who face “financial hardship.”

Fun Fact: James Patterson is a Badger fan…by marriage at least! And over the years, he and his wife have spent millions, helping students afford what the couple calls “a world-class institution.”