WKBT La Crosse, WI-NewsChannel 8-UW-La Crosse Students Weigh In On Budget Debate
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UW-La Crosse leaders say they're disappointed with Governor Doyle's latest budget plan.
They say the new budget scales back on the University's growth and access agenda. Friday, UW-L's Chancellor held a forum to discuss the changes. The original plan would raise tuition for students so the university could increase enrollment and hire about 130 more faculty members. The governor had previously supported the plan, but in his new budget UW-L would only get a much smaller amount of money and it would come from taxpayers instead of tuition.
"So you'd think at a time when legislators are struggling to fund so many different things they'd say at UW-L, they can do what they need to do with tuition money," said Chancellor Joe Gow, "it won't cost taxpayers anything, lets let them do it."
Gow says he's working with other university leaders to educate lawmakers on the plan and he's hopeful the growth and access agenda will still go through.
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