Paying for college is difficult. UWM is doing something about it
Mark A. Mone Alyssa Huglen’s May 17 story in the Journal Sentinel highlights a problem that has long concerned us at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Students with limited financial resources take longer to graduate and are less likely to graduate than their peers, and many struggle with debt from college loans. But what the story did not address are the extensive efforts UWM is making to help students from low-income families. In the past decade, we’ve worked hard with our community partners on this issue. One significant difference-maker has been our M3 partnership with Milwaukee ...