UW wants higher tuition for grad students, out-of-staters
4/7/2015
Madison.com
By Todd Richmond

Nine University of Wisconsin System schools plan to ask regents this week for permission to dramatically raise tuition for graduate and nonresident students to help offset big cuts Republican Gov. Scott Walker has proposed in his state budget.

The schools include those in Madison, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout and Whitewater. The increases vary by school and graduate programs.

Most of the eight satellite campuses' plans call for raising tuition by at least several hundred dollars starting next year. UW-Madison has drawn up a four-year plan that calls for raising non-resident undergraduate tuition by $10,000 by 2018-19 to $35,523 per year. International students would see an $11,000 increase to $36,523 by 2018-19.

The regents' finance committee is expected to vote on the increases Thursday during the first day of a two-day meeting at UW-Waukesha. The full board is expected to decide whether to approve the regents' actions on Friday. 

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Chancellor; Budget