MADISON, Wis. — A new report shows that state spending on the University of Wisconsin System has trailed inflation and overall state spending.
The report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance shows that between 1983 and 2007 state funding for UW nearly doubled. But in that time, state aid and tax credits for primary and secondary schools more than tripled. Overall state spending was up more than 200 percent and inflation went up 115 percent.