2017 was a year of big changes for UW System - Pat Schneider, Cap Times

UW System President Ray Cross in October unveiled his plan to merge the system’s 13 two-year UW Colleges campuses with four-year institutions to streamline operations in the face of falling enrollments and end UW Extension as a separate entity. Created with little consultation with or notification of campus administrators, faculty or students — or the county officials who own and maintain the UW Colleges facilities — the reorganization proposal was approved by regents on Nov. 9, a month after its unveiling. http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/university/was-a-year-of-big-changes-for-uw-system/article_7680fe59-6513-5dac-ac91-82ef4a4cd302.html