UW students call for cap on tuition increase
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin students are asking legislators to cap tuition increases.
Students from 20 of the UW campuses around Wisconsin held a Capitol news conference Monday calling for a tuition cap. They say they don’t want tuition to increase more than 3 or 4 percent in the new academic year starting this fall.
Gov. Scott Walker announced last week he will invest $181 million funding for the UW System. But he also wants to remove the current mandatory 5.5 percent cap on tuition and fees, leaving it to the Board of Regents to set tuition.
UW spokesman David Giroux calls Walker’s budget sets the stage for a modest tuition increase. Giroux says the university will decide on the exact amount of increase by a vote in the summer.
Feb 26, 2013 at 6:05 a.m.
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Old badger...all the schools play the hop scotch game...one is the cheapest and decides as they are the cheapest they can raise their tuition and they are now in the middle of the pack. The next in line say they are only sixth most expensive so they raise their tuition, etc. It's a game and tuition is way too high for the value. If the UW just got a several million dollar raise from the state, why do they need higher tuition? It's a want, not a need, just like the federal govt.
Feb 25, 2013 at 10:02 p.m.
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saxcat70 - Please tell me where your daughter goes to school. I really would like my oldest son to go to a small school too. We have just started looking at schools and we haven't found a private school that is less than Madison. So, if you could let me know that would be greatly appreciated!
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Thanks!
Feb 25, 2013 at 6:52 p.m.
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saxcat70 - where does your daughter go? Sounds like a good deal. I would like to consider it for my children.
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This may supprise many of you but UW Madison is the 6th most expensive school out of the 11 schools in the big ten. It is by far not the most expensive and not the cheapest. You would have to look at the amount of State support that the schools get to see if UW Madison is out of line. I know that Penn State gets almost nothing from the State. Thus Penn State is the most expensive school.
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http://apir.wisc.edu/tuitionandfees/Big1...
Feb 25, 2013 at 3:40 p.m.
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i agree with donna. My daughter is earning a private education, where class sizes average 17, for less that it costs to go to madison.
Feb 25, 2013 at 3:34 p.m.
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That's right. The UW just sucks $$$ from taxpayers. We should just close it down just like local school districts suck $$$ from taxpayers. After all, education is dangerous. If you're educated, you begin to question the status quo. You begin to realize you're being lied to by everyone in Madison and Washington. We just want mindless drones who will shuffle off to work at McDonalds to make fries for minimum wage or off to WalMart to end up on food stamps because you can't make a living. We don't need no educhastion!
Feb 25, 2013 at 3:12 p.m.
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Everybody else is tightening their belts but not the good old UWsystem...pigs at the trough. When is their budget ever enough! I am a UW grad and I am embarrassed by their callousness.
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