New pathways for new people
We embrace students typically overlooked by universities – for example, those who stopped out, are place-bound or are incarcerated. Across the state and around the world, these students enrich the UW–Madison community as well as their own families and communities, helping us embody the Wisconsin Idea.
Points of pride
Adult Career and Special Student Services enrolled 5,310 nondegree special students, ages 14-90, in credit courses in FY22.
UW-Madison Online enrolls learners from 31 counties across Wisconsin, 14 different states and 3 countries and 8.6% have veteran status.
The Odyssey Project secured more than $4.8 million in gifts, grants and sponsorship revenue in FY22 with an additional $1.36 million of commitments made for FY23-25.
The Prison Education Initiative received a $5.6 million Department of Workforce Development grant to partner with UW-Green Bay and UW–Madison campus units to offer degree and certificate programs for incarcerated learners.