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Marketing and University Communication UW-Green Bay, CL 815 2420 Nicolet Drive Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 (920) 465-2626 E-mail: hildebrs@uwgb.edu Last update: 9/26/07 |
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February 13, 2007 Doyle pushes affordable education at UWGB stop Governor set to unveil '07-09 budget plan today By Patti Zarling
"I know many students that find it difficult to afford college," said Stache, a senior chemistry major. "More opportunities for financial aid would be helpful."
Doyle said he hopes to do just that. As part of his 2007-2009 budget proposal, Doyle announced at the campus Monday that he has included $1.7 million for UWGB to increase the number of students who can attend the university by nearly 2,200 over the next 10 years.
He's expected to announce his entire budget proposal today, but came to Green Bay to tout the funding, which is part of a $225 million earmark the governor said will "make college more affordable and accessible and produce more nurses, teachers and engineers."
Education remains his top priority in proposing state spending, Doyle said.
"I want everyone in this state to know college is in reach," he said. "I want every young person to have the opportunity to get to college. If they roll up their sleeves, work hard and seize the opportunities that are out there."
Doyle said, to a standing-room only crowd at the UWGB student union, that he wants college leaders to use the funds to expand enrollment, improve student retention, create new science and engineering programs, provide support to adult students and train more teachers and nurses.
The overall spending would be used for a variety of initiatives at various UW campuses, Doyle said, including a new health sciences major at UW-Stevens Point, and a partnership with UW-Platteville to expand opportunities at university campuses, including a new mechanical engineering degree at the Fox Valley campus and an electrical engineering degree at Rock County.
"Wisconsin needs more college graduates ... to fuel this economy for years to come," Doyle said. "Our state has an incredible opportunity to seize on the industries emerging around health-care reform, stem-cell and biomedical research, advance manufacturing and renewable energy. To do that, we must have the most highly educated and best trained work force in the world."
Keeping students in the state once they graduate can be a challenge, the governor admitted Monday.
"It's all about being competitive, creating good-paying jobs so people make a life here," Doyle said. "It's all about investment."
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