Legislators consider merger of Wisconsin Technical College System, UW Colleges - Nico Savidge, Chippewa.com

A group of Republican legislators will meet this week to discuss the possibility of merging the Wisconsin Technical College System and the University of Wisconsin Colleges and Extension, lawmakers said Monday. State Rep. David Murphy, R-Greenville, said the group’s members will study whether merging the two college systems would allow them to operate more efficiently, though he and others involved in the process characterized the discussions as informal and preliminary. http://chippewa.com/news/local/education/university/legislators-consider-merger-of-wisconsin-technical-college-system-uw-colleges/article_d5ce6d49-d616-5b6b-b1db-bc6a24bbdf4d.html?comment_form=true