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(WTAQ-WLUK) — The Universities of Wisconsin is set to vote next week on its 2027-29 budget proposal targeting workforce growth.
The Tech for Tomorrow and Accelerate Wisconsin proposals represent new initiatives from the budget proposal. The goal is to create 300,000 career-ready workers, upskill 1 million workers for better jobs, and create 2,500 new businesses over a decade.
Tech for Tomorrow, Accelerate Wisconsin, and other workforce-oriented proposals seek state investment to allow the UWs to help build Wisconsin’s workforce and next generation of businesses.
Tech for Tomorrow would speed new technologies from the research lab to commercialization while Accelerate Wisconsin would help entrepreneurs create and expand businesses and develop new products and markets. The other proposals include UW for U, which supports continuing education, online learning, and competency-based education, and U Succeed, which provides student supports such as academic and career advising.
The UW Board of Regents will vote on the full 2027-29 budget proposal next week.
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