UW System closing Richland campus, just 60 students enrolled
The University of Wisconsin is all but closing one of its smallest campuses.
UW President Jay Rothman said in a letter Tuesday the UW-Platteville will end all in-person classes at its Richland campus.
Rothman ordered Platteville’s chancellor to end the degree program at the Richland campus because only 60 students are taking classes there right now.
“While the University of Wisconsin System remains committed to the branch campuses and to providing as broad of access for students as possible, there comes a time when financial pressure and low enrollment makes in-person degree level academic instruction no longer tenable,” Rothman wrote in his letter.
Next year the 60 Richland students will be transitioned to either the Platteville or Baraboo campuses.
No one is saying what will happen to the faculty and staff members teaching at the Richland campus.
And Rothman isn’t saying if this will be the last or only small UW campus to close.
“Each of the branch campuses have a diffe