Special Report Top Story UNIVERSITIES OF WISCONSIN UW Regents approve tuition hikes for third consecutive year SABINE MARTIN Jul 11, 2025 Jul 11, 2025 Updated Aug 16, 2025 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tuition for most undergraduate students at the Universities of Wisconsin will increase this fall.kAm%96 &( q@2C5 @7 #686?ED 2E 2 >66E:?8 %9FCD52J 2AAC@G65 C2:D:?8 :?\DE2E6 F?56C8C25F2E6 EF:E:@? 2E E96 &( DJDE6>’D `b AF3=:4 F?:G6CD:E:6D 3J 2E =62DE cT] p== F?:G6CD:E:6D 2=D@ @AE65 :?E@ 2? 255:E:@?2= `T EF:E:@? :?4C62D6 6I46AE &(\vC66? q2J]k^AmkAm%96 EF:E:@? 492?86 :D E96 E9:C5 4@?D64FE:G6 :?4C62D6 DEF56?ED H:== D66 27E6C 2 `_\J62C\=@?8 7C66K6 E92E 6?565 :? a_ab] %96 #686?ED G@E65 7@C 2 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^?6HD]H:D4]65F^3@2C5\@7\C686?ED\2AAC@G6\F?56C8C25F2E6\EF:E:@?\:?4C62D6\7@C\a_ac\ad\24256>:4\J62C\E@\<66A\A246\H:E9\:?7=2E:@?Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qmb]fdT EF:E:@?k^2m :?4C62D6 =2DE J62C 7@C E96 a_ac\ad D49@@= J62C 2?5 2 dT C2:D6 E96 J62C AC:@C]k^Am People are also reading… Lake Geneva holds off vote on proposed supper club Milwaukee Brewers partner with new boutique in Lake Geneva Plans presented to demolish downtown Lake Geneva building Robert G. 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UW-Madison orders 5% budget cuts amid federal, state budget uncertainty "Higher education is in the midst of tremendous upheaval," a letter from administration to departments Monda said. "Like our peers, we are no…
UW-Madison to 'sunset' standalone diversity and equity division "We must create the conditions here ... that allow all of our students, faculty and staff to flourish and to reach their full potential," a le…
2 Wisconsin veterans homes will close because they didn't get state funding The homes provide veterans and their spouses who are homeless, or who are at risk, with a place to stay while searching for permanent housing.
Wisconsin budget is done, so what's left for the Legislature to do this year? Gender-affirming care for kids, control of power lines, more autonomy for advanced practice nurses ... lawmakers have their eyes on a host of changes.
How will new faculty workload requirements affect UW system research? Universities of Wisconsin System faculty fear for the future of research under a new teaching workload requirement they say will overburden pr…
How will new faculty workload requirements affect UW system research? Universities of Wisconsin System faculty fear for the future of research under a new teaching workload requirement they say will overburden pr…
GOP bill would cap Universities of Wisconsin tuition raises to inflation after latest increase "Now more than ever, the Legislature must implement a common sense law placing controls on these types of skyrocketing tuition increases," the…
