MADISON, Wis.
An agreement was signed Monday between the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the College of the Menominee Nation that will make full student transfers possible between the two schools, the first formal arrangement with a tribal school in the state.
The agreement allows students to take classes at CMN, located north of Shawano, and then be given guaranteed admission to UW-Madison two years later if they have completed 54 credits in specified areas and have earned a 3.0 grade point average at the tribal school.
A 2002 arrangement was created with CMN and UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, but the agreement signed Monday is a formal campus-to-campus contract.
CMN is one of 34 tribally controlled community colleges in the United States, and is recognized as a national leader in sustainable development, according to a University Communications statement. The school creates greater opportunities for American Indians for higher education, stated Dean of College of Letters and Science at UW-Madison Gary Sandefur.
Sandefur said he is optimistic the program will increase the total enrollment of Native American students at UW-Madison.
The arrangement agreed upon Monday is similar to others already in place between the 13 two-year UW colleges and three Wisconsin technical colleges. “We started looking at this [college] after technical college agreements,” stated UW-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell.
