UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin reiterated her new initiative for increasing tuition and financial aid to students, faculty and staff in a news conference Wednesday at Bascom Hall.
If passed by the UW System Board of Regents, Martinâ??s Madison Initiative for Undergraduates would result in a possible $40 million increase to tuition and financial aid over the next four years.
Martin said she hopes her plan will better prepare students for the current state of the economy.
â??This has to be addressed now, not despite the terrible economic circumstances â?¦ but because of them,â? she said.