WISCAPE: Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education
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WISCAPE aims to inform and improve postsecondary education policy, research, and practice through the creation and exchange of knowledge.

Announcements

June 13, 2013

WISCAPE Welcomes New Affiliate

We are pleased to welcome Nicholas Hillman as a WISCAPE Affiliate. Professor Hillman will be an assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison beginning in Fall 2013.


Announcements

June 11, 2013

WISCAPE Launches Higher Education Finance Series

We are excited to announce that WISCAPE will host a series of events focused around issues of higher education finance starting in summer 2013 and continuing into the fall. To start the series, former UW Regent and Assembly Speaker Tom Loftus will present a brown bag discussion on June 26. We are also planning a forum on the state budget for July 16.


Announcements

June 10, 2013

New Paper Looks at Ways to Boost Community College Student Success

WISCAPE Senior Scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab’s latest paper, "Clearing the Path to a Brighter Future: Addressing Barriers to Community College Access and Success,” has been released today on Capitol Hill.


In the News

May 30, 2013

Study: Community Colleges Are Racially Segregated — To The Detriment Of Minorities

According to a Century Foundation report, “Bridging the Higher Education Divide,” just one-fourth of all American community colleges can be considered “racially integrated” with a combined minority population average of 36.5 percent. While this racial segregation is most likely the result of the community colleges reflecting the local population they serve, the situation still represent a serious problem.

Quoted: WISCAPE Senior Scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab