Six months into her tenure, UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin announced a plan Wednesday that would essentially levy a surcharge on undergraduate students from higher-income families, responding to what she called an â??urgentâ? need to improve affordability and the quality of undergraduate programs.
After listening to students, parents, alumni and others over the past few months, Martin said sheâ??s repeatedly heard that class sizes are getting too big, too many classes are taught by non-tenured faculty and access to high-demand courses and majors is difficult.