Higher education is facing mounting headwinds, both in Wisconsin and across the nation. Declining enrollment, ideological concerns, shifts in workforce demands, disinvestment of public resources and tightening financial models are challenging institutions to rethink their missions, strategies, and long-term viability.

In Wisconsin, these pressures are intensified by demographic trends, regional economic shifts, and policy constraints. Nationally, institutions are grappling with similar disruptions, many of which call for urgent and coordinated responses.

Your insights and experience will be invaluable to this conversation, and we ask you to take 10 minutes to complete this survey by May 30 to help us understand the scope and impact locally so we can assist our higher education partners toward a thoughtful, sustainable path forward that meets Wisconsin’s needs for the next generation.

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Join academic and industry leaders at UW-Milwaukee on June 9 for a conversation about the immediate and long-term challenges and what higher education is doing collaboratively to navigate these uncharted waters. This discussion is not just timely – it is a necessary step in rising to the occasion to solve challenges in our community and our world.