UWSP helps keep college affordable for students - Bernie Patterson, Stevens Point Journal

College affordability is in the news almost daily. We recently received facts and figures from the UW System budget office for fiscal 2012, which may be of interest to state residents. • The cost of educating a student in the UW System is on track with the rate of inflation. If we focus exclusively on instructional costs, they are funded through two revenues sources: Tax revenue (known as state general purpose revenue, or GPR) and tuition. In addition, students pay for housing, dining and other costs of going to college. • State support for educational costs has declined, especially in recent years. It has not kept pace with cost of education per student. • Students' share of education costs has increased as state funding declined. http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/life/2014/10/24/column-uwsp-helps-keep-college-affordable-students/17810581/