<p>Where did you hear that? I believe it, since it seems as if “the word has been spreading” lately, but I’m interested as I have never heard that. If that is the truth, we should probably up our OOS admissions a tiny bit.</p>
<p>And correct, business does seem to lagging a bit, even though it is pretty highly ranked. Research/medicine/sciences/engineering/etc are getting stronger, but business doesn’t seem to be anything that impressive. Part of the problem is probably the lack of a real business presence downtown. The city is working hard at trying to establish this, especially along the E. Rail Corridor stretching east a mile from the Capitol especially, but so far track record has been exceedingly poor (the height restriction has much to do with this, which is why it was recently modified). Epic Systems and several other major employers have all looked downtown and chosen to move to the countryside, mainly due to city’s unwillingness to cooperate or bend (which is probably another problem).</p>
<p>Luckily, the School of Business did just recently receive an 85 million dollar donation to keep its name the “Wisconsin School of Business”, though, so hopefully that will help the program along with the fancy new digs. None of this money can go to construction so it will go towards hiring and retaining the best faculty, as well as giving out financial aid and performing research (whatever business research is). Sadly, most of these people will probably go to MN or IL at this point, but hey! its changing.</p>