{"id":1078,"date":"2023-03-04T18:29:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T19:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2023-03-04T20:08:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T20:08:29","slug":"uw-president-jay-rothman-wants-5-tuition-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"UW President Jay Rothman Wants 5% Tuition Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/uw-president-asks-for-5-tuition-increase\/\">https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/uw-president-asks-for-5-tuition-increase\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/madison.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rothman also asked for nearly $2 billion for new buildings on UW campuses, as well as millions of dollars more to pay for free-tuition programs at the UW\u2019s other campuses, and to cover the cost of inflation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The University of Wisconsin is moving toward its first tuition increase in a decade.<\/p>\n<p>UW President Jay Rothman told lawmakers on Thursday that he will ask regents to raise tuition by 5%, starting next fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter more than a decade of frozen tuition rates and as costs have increased and more particularly in recent years, inflation has accelerated, it is essential that we seek this increase for the long-term financial viability of our universities and to sustain the quality of education and research and services that we provide,\u201d Rothman said in a hearing before the Assembly Committee on Colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p>Rothman also asked for nearly $2 billion for new buildings on UW campuses, as well as millions of dollars more to pay for free-tuition programs at the UW\u2019s other campuses, and to cover the cost of inflation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are requesting a 4% general purpose revenue increase in the 2023 year, and a 4% increase in the following year in support of general operating budgets for the UW System,\u201d Rothman explained.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin lawmakers froze tuition at the UW System back in 2013. They lifted that freeze in 2021, but warned UW managers against rising tuition too quickly or too high.<\/p>\n<p>Tuition at UW schools varies by campus, and Rothman insists that even with the tuition hike, Wisconsin\u2019s other campuses will remain affordable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UW System already offers the most affordable public education system in the upper Midwest,\u201d Rothman said. \u201cNo one compares to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In-state tuition at UW-Madison, the state\u2019s largest campus, is currently $10,795 a year. A five percent increase would push that to $11,334.<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-state tuition is much higher, at $39,427 a year.<\/p>\n<p>Rothman told lawmakers he plans to ask UW Regents to approve the tuition hike at their meeting later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/uw-president-asks-for-5-tuition-increase\/ Rothman also asked for nearly $2 billion for new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":1080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-right-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}