In the midst of a year when student groups have protested the high tuition costs of higher education, UW-Madison is the fifth-highest-valued public university in the country, according to a list released Monday by The Princeton Review….Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Paul DeLuca said he was excited to see the university receive a top-10 ranking for the first time. “We strive to provide an absolutely world class education in as cost-effective way as we can,” DeLuca said. “And when you get a ranking like this, its recognition that maybe we are achieving that.”
The chair of the Economics Department John Karl Scholz reflected DeLuca, saying that a university of UW-Madison’s caliber cannot maintain a high academic level and lower tuition rates. “It takes resources to be outstanding,” Scholz said. “The money needed for that has to come from somewhere.”