Calling it “reasonable and predictable,” University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly is recommending a 5.5 percent tuition increase for the stateâ??s 13 four-year universities for 2010-11. The UW Board of Regents will vote on the increase at a meeting in Milwaukee on Thursday as part of the UW Systemâ??s operating budget, which is expected to exceed $5 billion next year for the first time. This is the fourth consecutive year that Reilly has recommended a 5.5 percent tuition hike. It will mean tuition will rise $638 at UW-Madison, for an annual cost of $7,933. That rate increase â?? 8.7 percent â?? is because UW-Madison is in the midst of implementing a surcharge called the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates to pay for more professors and services. UW-Madisonâ??s tuition will still be the second lowest in the Big Ten conference, according to UW System documents.
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