Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman is looking for the state to give the college system an additional $855 million to stave off tuition increases. The UW administration wants to ask the Legislature for the money in the 2025-27 state budget. The regents are expected to vote on the request Thursday. If approved, it will go to Gov.
FILE - David Muir of ABC News gives the commencement address during graduation at the University of Wisconsin in Madison , Wis., May 12, 2018. MADISON, Wis. — Universities of Wisconsin officials are asking their regents to approve a request for $855 million in new state funding to stave off another round of tuition increases, cover raises, subsidize tuition and keep two-year branch campuses open in some form.
If regents sign off on Rothman’s request, it would go to Gov. Tony Evers to consider including in the executive budget plan he sends to lawmakers for them to weigh in budget negotiations. Evers has already said he plans to propose more than $800 million in new funding for UW in the coming two-year spending plan.
Declining enrollment and flat state aid has created a world of financial problems for the UW system and left the campuses more dependent on tuition. Six of the system’s 13 four-year campuses face a deficit heading into this academic year and system officials have announced plans to close six two-year branch campuses since last year.
Rothman said the additional money he wants would pay for an 8% across-the-board salary increase for faculty and staff over the biennium.
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