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UWMs budget cut could be at least $50 million

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee officials estimate that the states budget shortfall for 2009-11 will translate to about a $50 million cut to UWMs budget – part of a roughly $500 million cut to the UW System.

UWM Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Christy Brown provided the estimates at todays Plenary Panel session. To get the figures, Brown looked at the percentage cut the UW System took when the state had a $3.2 billion shortfall in 2003-05.

Back then, the UW System took a $250 million cut, but the system raised tuition significantly, bringing in about $100 million in added revenue. In the end, UWM s cut was $13.2 million.