Wisconsin’s 13 public universities can now develop three-year bachelor’s degree programs — but it could be a while before any appear at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“I know there are some other UW institutions that are exploring that as a possibility. We have not had discussions here at Madison about that,” Allison La Tarte, UW-Madison’s vice provost and chief data and analytics officer, said at a recent campus meeting.
Interim Provost John Zumbrunnen added, “I do not see (UW-Madison) any time soon turning towards the widespread presence of reduced-credit bachelor’s degrees.”
The UW system’s Board of Regents revised its policyThursday, allowing campuses to explore reduced-credit programs. Students could earn a bachelor’s degree with at least 90 credits rather than 120.