UW-Madison College Republicans and a GOP state lawmaker are criticizing e-mails that were sent by UW officials to low-income students still awaiting financial aid grants, asking whether they wished to appear at a press conference with Gov. Jim Doyle today urging legislators to complete the state budget.
The 33 students contacted are among 420 at UW-Madison and 5,544 in the University of Wisconsin System who will not know whether they receive their Wisconsin Higher Education Grants until the budget is concluded.