Monday, September 21, 2020

The Tuition Dilemma: students, universities grapple with budget cuts, increased tuition - Arushi Gupta, Badger Herald

With students moving out of dorms in March, the Big Ten sports season being cancelled, and large cuts in future state funding, the University of Wisconsin is grappling with the enormous, looming loss of hundreds of millions of dollars.  It therefore might be understandable why UW would continue to charge students the same tuition as it normally does for the fall semester. UW student Annabelle Stimmel, however, raises an important question — is it just for universities to continue to charge students the same tuition in the middle of a global pandemic?
https://badgerherald.com/features/2020/09/08/the-tuition-dilemma-students-universities-grapple-with-budget-cuts-increased-tuition/