University of Wisconsin system leaders approved a controversial policy Thursday that will make it more difficult for some groups to get money from student fees. It’s a change the University says will ensure the fees are spent how they were intended to be. Money generated from student segregated fees will now be better protected they say – and used directly for students.
The system for dispersing these fees has been questioned for years. The university admits there are plenty of non-profit groups that benefit students in Madison. Some of those groups, like the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group argued they do use the money for the good of students.