[Magdalen] Tightrope?

[Jay Weigel]

What was annoying about changing the names of the Wisconsin state colleges
was that "UW-M" was always the distinctive appellation for the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the change confused everything because now
there are TWO "UW-Ms", Madison and Milwaukee. The latter should probably do
what the SUNY schools do and just refer to itself as "Milwaukee", or else
should be allowed to do what UT-Memphis did and become the University of
Milwaukee.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 11/18/2015 10:32:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:
>
> "Normal  School" historically means one which trains teachers.  >>>>>>
>
> And also in Wisconsin.  They then changed from Normal Schools  into
> Wisconsin State Teachers' Colleges, and then Wisconsin State  Colleges.
> Eventually  the State Legislature simply declared them all to be  branches
> of the
> of the University of Wisconsin System.
>
> This was initially very unpopular in the flagship UW-Madison, but I  think
> everyone has gotten used to the nomenclature.  We now have
> UW-Milwaukee, UW-Superior, UW-Whitewater, UW LaCrosse,
> UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stout (Menomonee), UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens
> Point, UW-Green Bay, UW-Parkside (Racine), UW-Platteville, in  addition
> to UW-Madison.
>
> UW-Milwaukee presently has 28,000 students and grants graduate
> degrees on its own, including masters and PhD's.
>
> Several of the others have student bodies over 10,000.
>
> Education is big business.
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>