{"id":7282,"date":"2015-04-14T13:58:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T18:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=7282"},"modified":"2015-04-30T13:43:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T18:43:02","slug":"governor-walker-freeze-tuition-for-two-years-tie-future-increases-to-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=7282","title":{"rendered":"Governor Walker: Freeze Tuition for Two Years, Tie Future Increases to Inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Scott Walker\u00a0said yesterday in a letter<\/a>\u00a0to the co-chairs\u00a0of the Joint Committee on Finance (below) that he continues to support public authority status for the University of Wisconsin System. Legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle have expressed concern over the proposal, with Joint Finance Committee Co-chair John Nygren (R-Marinette) saying<\/a>\u00a0the plan had little support among Assembly Republicans and is “dead in our caucus.”<\/p>\n

Walker\u00a0also said he intends to\u00a0limit tuition increases to no more than the annual change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) after a two-year freeze, saying the move would protect students and parent from unpredictable tuition increases.<\/p>\n

UW System President Ray Cross said in statement (below) that tying tuition increases to CPI\u00a0“is not compatible with the agile,\u00a0market-driven, and competitive entity the state needs us to be.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The governor also\u00a0said he would not change statutory language regarding the university’s mission, thus keeping the Wisconsin Idea intact.<\/span><\/p>\n