The Universities of Wisconsin system is adopting a new enrollment-based trigger to flag undergraduate programs for review — programs averaging 15 or fewer juniors and seniors over three years — a move administrators say will surface weak programs earlier than degree-output thresholds. System leaders estimate roughly 65 programs could be reviewed under the proposed metric, about 10% of undergraduate offerings, and warned it would better reflect instructional workload than the five‑year degree conferral metric. Faculty task forces cautioned that numeric indicators miss qualitative contributions and urged paired qualitative review; the shift follows Deloitte’s systemwide review and comes as campuses juggle enrollment shifts and structural deficits.