UW-Madison To Revisit Idea Of Tuition Hike For Engineering Students
Regents To Consider Plan Next Week
Updated: 8:51 am CDT May 28, 2008
MADISON, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison officials are reviving a proposal that would require engineering students to pay more tuition than other undergraduates would.The Board of Regents will consider the proposal next week. If it's approved, engineers' tuition would go up $600 in the first year and $400 in each of the following two years.The plan was raised last summer but tabled so the school could study how such a system could work.The proposal is expected to eventually generate $3 million per year. The money would go toward hiring more engineering faculty to teach high-demand courses and updating the curriculum to meet technological advances.Senior Craig MacKenzie favors the plan. He graduates in December but said that if required courses were offered more often he could have graduated this month.
Previous Stories:
- April 11, 2008: Regents Approve $100 Tuition Hike For UW-Platteville
- January 29, 2008: Proposed Plan Would Match Tuition Increase With Financial Aid
- December 7, 2007: UW-Madison Official Calls For Big Tuition Increase
- October 24, 2007: Study: Cost Of College In Wisconsin Outpaces Inflation Rate
- August 16, 2007: Wisconsin Lawmakers Approve Tuition Reciprocity Deal
- August 13, 2007: UW-Madison Delays Plan To Increase Tuition For Engineering Majors
- August 8, 2007: UW Regents Approve Tuition Hike At Four-Year Campuses
- June 11, 2007: Lawmakers May Scale Back Tuition Program For Veterans
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