From the AP: Tuition will go up $250 per year for the next four years for most University of Wisconsin-Madison students.
The UW System Board of Regents voted Friday to approve Chancellor Biddy Martin’s plan to add a tuition surcharge of $250 next fall for in-state undergraduates and $750 for students from other states. Read the full story.
From the Capital Times: Less than nine months after arriving from Cornell University, Biddy Martin is on the verge of pushing through her first major initiative as chancellor of UW-Madison.
On Thursday, the UW System Board of Regents’ Business, Finance and Budget Committee debated the merits of Martin’s Madison Initiative for Undergraduates before easily giving the plan the green light to move forward.
The proposal will likely be approved when the full board meets Friday at UW-Milwaukee. Read the full story.
From JSOnline.com: The Madison Initiative for Undergraduates passed the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents business and finance committee on Thursday with one abstention from Regent Michael Falbo.
The resolution supporting the tuition surcharge at UW-Madison included an amendment that stated clearly that student families making an adjusted gross income of $80,000 or less who reflect financial need will be held harmless from the differential increase. Read the full post.
From the Daily Cardinal: Chancellor Biddy Martin will officially propose the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates to the UW System Board of Regents Thursday.
Martin will attend the meeting in Milwaukee and submit her proposal to the Business, Finance and Audit Committee, according to John Lucas, a spokesperson for UW-Madison. Read the full story.
Download a PDF version of the The Board of Regents’ Madison Initiative for Undergraduates proposal.
From the Badger Herald: University of Wisconsin student leaders and campus administrators met informally Sunday night at Chancellor Biddy Martin’s house to reflect on the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates and to look forward to the vote on the proposal by the Board of Regents Thursday. Read the full story.
From the Badger Herald: The University of Wisconsin Book Store announced Thursday it will give $25,000 to go toward student scholarships.
The amount is the Book Store’s second gift to its Board of Trustees People Scholarship, which provides financial aid to students annually. Beginning this year, the amount will go to the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates. Read the full story.
From the Wisconsin State Journal: 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. Read the full editorial.
From the Badger Herald: Immediately after University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin unveiled her Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, it was apparent the plan, though fundamentally sound, needed a bit of refining. There were many aspects of the proposal that needed to be clarified to students and many more that needed justification. After a month, though the initiative hasn’t been completely fleshed out, we believe the argument has been sufficiently well-made and that the initiative is a necessary step for UW to not only maintain but also to improve its standing in academia. Read the full editorial.
From the Badger Herald: The Associated Students of Madison’s Student Council voted to endorse Chancellor Biddy Martin’s Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, which will raise student tuition and provide additional aid and services. Read the full story.