State funding unlikely for UW System's Wisconsin Tuition Promise program
Promise programs sidestep the confusing financial aid process by covering tuition for all students whose family incomes fall below a specific threshold.
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Promise programs sidestep the confusing financial aid process by covering tuition for all students whose family incomes fall below a specific threshold.
The University of Wisconsin may soon raise tuition as Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' planned budget shortchanges it by about $130 million worth of operational costs.
Gov. Tony Evers' executive budget leaves the University of Wisconsin System about $130 million short of what regents wanted, but the governor says he's giving the system enough to stave
Gov. Tony Evers' executive budget leaves the University of Wisconsin System about $130 million short of what regents wanted, but the governor says he's giving the system enough to stave off any tuition hikes. The regents asked Evers to increase the system's budget by $435.6 million over the next two fiscal years. The spending plan the governor released Wednesday would give the system about $305.9 million more over the biennium. Republican lawmakers will spend the next four months revising the budget, but if nothing changes the regents could raise tuition to make up the shortfall...
Gov. Tony Evers' budget leaves the University of Wisconsin System about $76 million short of what regents say they need to run their campuses over the next two years, raising questions about whether they may raise tuition to make up the shortfall.