The UW Board of Regents met Friday to discuss the collaboration efforts in northeast Wisconsin between colleges in the region and the business community, among other UW matters.
UW System President Kevin Reilly praised the partnership between UW-Oshkosh and business consortiums, including New North Inc. and Northeast Wisconsin Educational Resource Alliance in their ability to produce economic and educational opportunities for the region.
""This part of the state is really leading the way for the rest of the state in the way you've paired the strength of your education alliance with the strength of New North,"" Reilly said, ""I think those strengths feed off each other and make it more than the sum of those two parts.""
Jerry Murphy, executive director of New North, said the group is focused on ""the assumption or belief that virtually everyone going into our workforce has to invest at least some post-secondary education.""
Another initiative Reilly said he was excited about was the UW System's plan to expand prior learning assessment efforts, which allow people entering the university system after years in the workforce to get academic credit for skills they acquire through their experience.
The Board of Regents also discussed the importance of student voter turnout in this year's midterm elections.
