On Campus: State funding per-student at UW-Madison dropped by 9.3% in past decade, report found

The state of Wisconsin reduced per-student funding at UW-Madison by 9.3 percent between 2002 and 2010, after adjusting for inflation, according to data released today by the National Science Board, the policy-making body of the National Science Foundation. State funding per student at UW-Madison dropped from $10,275 to $9,324, according to the report. Trends in state funding are even bleaker at other major public research universities, the science board found.