Appropriations increases and tuition freezes reshape state funding picture

The University of Wisconsin System will also have its tuition frozen by state lawmakers after a controversy erupted over the university?s year-end balance. The proposal to freeze tuition was a bipartisan effort, and Governor Scott Walker recommended paring back his initial proposal to increase funding for the state?s universities. The governor?s administration secretary, in a letter to the legislature?s Joint Finance Committee, said the university system was “more interested in protecting its bank account than in ensuring a quality higher education.”