University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly says the 5.5 percent tuition increase he is recommending for the stateâ??s 13 four-year universities for 2010-11 is â??reasonable and predictable.â? Reilly is wrong.
In a time of economic instability, when unemployment is high, when families are struggling to make ends meet, when young people are having an especially hard time finding jobs, it is not reasonable. In fact, it is unsettling.