Is the University of Wisconsin admitting too many students?
Newly appointed Regent Tom Loftus raised that issue Thursday as a reluctant Board of Regents approved a 6.9 percent resident tuition increase. The vote was 10 to 6.
Loftus, a former Assembly speaker and Democratic candidate for governor, said that in 1986 the UW System faced a similar issue and restricted enrollment. Now the system is back at historic high levels. In the last eight years the system has added 12,418 students, he said.