University of Wisconsin Consortium

The University of Wisconsin Consortium, a partnership between the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS) Program at UW-Madison and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at UW-Milwaukee, serves as a major resource for the State of Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and the nation. The Consortium's high quality academic programs and outreach are recognized by the US Department of Education, which has designated it a Title VI National Resource Center since 1961 at Madison, 1965 at Milwaukee, and 1973 as a consortium.

The mission of the UW Consortium, both as a resource center and as an academic program, is threefold: To train Latin Americanist specialists for academic, government, and private sectors; to support Latin Americanist students and faculty in their intellectual development so that they can become and remain superior language and area specialists; to serve as a local, regional, and national resource center that provides outreach, support services, and information to other university units, K-16, government, civic, community and business constituencies.