<p>Basically flat for next 2 years. Not the worst that could have happened. I do not like the state requiring the UW to give them back a share of gifts and aux income such as dorms charges. Bad precedent.</p>
<p>WISCONSIN</a> STATE JOURNAL</p>
<p>Don't see where dorm charges have anything to do with the budget when I read the article. The UW chancellor's response per UW news item sounded favorable. As a taxpayer and alumnus I am pleased- even though my taxes will go up since I am privileged to have a higher income. Compared to some states Wisconsin is maintaining a lot of the status quo.</p>
<p>From the article...
"The System must also return $54 million in tuition, gifts, grants and fees to the state."</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>Does this mean tuition will skyrocket for out of state students?</p>
<p>"The System must also return $54 million in tuition, gifts, grants and fees to the state. Campus projects that depend on those fees could be put on hold, officials said."</p>
<p>They are looking at areas like the athletics and the dorms which are run as separate businesses to kickback a portion to the state. Last budget gap they grabbed some of the dorms reserves that were being saved for capital repairs. Just came and took them with no real reason other than it was a pot of money sitting around. So are gifts and grants. Very bad precedent. What if the state made all gifts state property and they had to be re-budgeted back to the school as the state saw fit? Some states do this already with tuition revenue. They will have the university raise tuition and keep the money! Madison has some very large gift and grant pots that look very attractive to some state budget planners.</p>
<p>I'd expect across the board tuition increases of about 6% for planning purposes.</p>
<p>We're not too thrilled, either, with the money grab by the state - especially when it coincides with fewer and larger classes, and what looks to be a 6% tuition increase.</p>
<p>UW's a great school, but it's already losing it's allure to the more reasonably priced Ohio State and U MN (given very generous freshman scholarships) for OOS students - which I gather are admitted for the tuition subsidy they provide as well as diversity reasons.</p>
<p>Still love UW, but ouch!</p>
<p>I'm quite sure Minn and Ohio will be facing the same or worse cuts. I really wonder how Uminn can afford this give-away without even larger classes, etc.
OSU OOS is over $3000 more thhan UW right now. Don't see where they even fit in.</p>
<p>Another indicator UMinn has a ways to go. UW faculty are still winning awards at a much higher rate than UM or OSU. Here's one for the top young science faculty. UW 4 Uminn 1, OSU 2. Three years ago UW lead the nation with 7.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sloan.org/fellowships/page/19%5B/url%5D">http://www.sloan.org/fellowships/page/19</a></p>
<p>For those who have good stats, it's pretty easy to rack up about $10,000 per year in merit scholarships at OSU - Maximus Scholarship plus National Buckeye Scholarship (for OOS students).</p>
<p>I agree that UW has both OSU and U MN beat as far as educational quality goes - no question about that! For some families, though, there's going to be some soul-searching to do to determine if UW's much higher expense is worth it.</p>
<p>There's a thread on exactly this topic in the Parent's forum:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/655288-what-parent-do.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/655288-what-parent-do.html</a></p>
<p>From your link, barrons, OSU OOS tuition is only $100 more than UW OOS tuition - not $3,000 more.</p>
<p>U of M is missing out on a lot of revenue with its OOS tuition rates- they are so much lower than any of the others on the list. In the past it has sometimes been cheaper for WI residents at U of M than MN residents. I think it related to UW instate being lower than MN instate tuition and reciprocity tuition was tied to the state a student was from. Needless to say, at that time some MN residents were upset that it cost less for OOS WI residents. Reciprocity didn't make UW cheaper for MN residents either so they weren't flooding UW aside from the fact it was harder to get into UW than U of M.</p>
<p>It sounds like tuition will go up for everyone at UW by the same around 6% figure mentioned, those instate students already attending will get a freeze or such on their costs if they fit financial criteria- a break for those who made choices based on predicted costs when they were admitted.</p>
<p>It seems as though UW will cut back on some class sections and courses, but this is from a current vast selection. No drastic cuts so far so quality should remain the same. Considering the economy this seems quite good.</p>