(LA CROSSE) The state budget passed by the Senate this week could limit the plans by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse to increase enrollment and to hire more faculty and staff.
UW-L officials had hoped for four million dollars in the next biannual budget to go towards financial aid and to increase enrollment. The plan had included the universityâ??s ability to raise tuition, which lawmakers rejected.
UW-L received $900,000 in the Senateâ??s version of the state budget, which Chancellor Joe Gow says could severely hamper UW-Lâ??s three-year Growth and Access Agenda. Gow says with the current allotment, instead of bringing in 1,000 new students, about 60 could be brought in and instead of hiring 135 new staff and faculty members, eight could be hired. (Fifth item.)