None of us looks forward to tuition hikes, especially since all too often the benefits appear intangible or altogether nonexistent.
Tuition will rise this coming year, that much is a given regardless of which UW System university you attend. At UW-Madison, tuition will rise even with a supplemental charge under Chancellor Martinâ??s recently proposed Madison Initiative for Undergraduates.
The initiative, which would increase tuition by an additional $250 per year for in-state students and $750 per year for out-of-state students and would also be matched dollar for dollar by private fundraising, is pitched as a â??pledge to quality, value and affordability.â? Many probably react with the same instinctive question upon hearing the initiative: â??Just how does a tuition hike equate to affordability again?â?