Overall, legislators cut the UW budget by $250 million during the 2003-05 biennium. During the past several years, tuition has gone up sharply. Among the victims of the budget cuts are students of modest means ââ?¬â? who now face the prospect of reduction of student aid at the federal level.
At some point, the extreme level of budget cuts needs to stop, along with the sniping between legislators and the university.
Wisconsin needs a healthy university system ââ?¬â? and Wisconsin students need a quality university system they can afford to attend.