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Lack of state funds threatens quality of public higher education

Though the University of Wisconsin-Madison consistently ranks as one of the nation�s finest state universities, this mark of distinction could very well lose all validity in the near future. As the university continues to receive less and less money from the state, it faces the serious possibility of becoming a de facto private institution. Indeed, statistics suggest that the status of many of the nation�s state-financed institutions may be in peril.