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Article: KEEP UW STRONG THE CHANCELLOR'S PLAN WILL GIVE ALL UW-MADISON STUDENTS A BETTER SHOT AT GRADUATING ON TIME, WHILE BOOSTING FINANCIAL AID FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD HIGHER TUITION.(SUNDAY OPINION)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- April 26, 2009
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It's never easy to justify a big jump in tuition.
But UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has made a compelling case for a significant increase over the next four years to keep Wisconsin's flagship university strong.
The UW Board of Regents should support Martin's plan, which student leaders endorsed last week.
Gov. Jim Doyle's state budget proposal assumes a tuition hike of about 5.5 percent over each of the next two years at UW System schools. Martin's proposal will almost double that annual increase at UW-Madison to around 9.5 percent.
That would increase in-state tuition at Madison this fall to $7,295 and boost out-of-state tuition ...