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ASM recommends university pay students living wage
Student government looks to spark discussion with administrators to extend pay raise past classified staff, recognize challenge with budget cuts by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor
University of Wisconsin’s student government passed a resolution Wednesday recommending the university pay a living wage for all student employees
to send a message to administration. The legislation, which ASM passed 15-1-3, serves as a recommendation to university administration to increase all student worker pay despite some ASM representatives’ concerns that it comes at an
inconvenient time of budget cuts. Nominations Board Chair Megan Phillips, the sponsor of the legislation, said student wage increases are long overdue. “A lot of people on campus have been discussing how to make
college more affordable through not-so-traditional methods, and I think raising wages is a good way to achieve that,” Phillips said. The tenets of the legislation outlined the idea that for a student to pay for the cost of tuition, an individual would have
to work 15 hours a week making $21 per hour. The minimum wage is currently set at $8.50 at the Wisconsin Union and $7.25 for all other campus entities. According to the legislation, ASM members argued the recommendation to increase all student wages will be a
step toward affordability and accessibility for all students. Instead of listing a specific recommended wage, Phillips said she simply recommended a living wage to help spark a
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Experts say rise in out-of-state admits not off table UW administrators claim Wisconsin still priority, but those on outside see ‘market demand’ to increase nonresident enrollment cap by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor
University of Wisconsin’s System has a cap on how many out-of-state students can enroll each year. The cap is set at 27.5 percent. But when the UW System’s governing body passed a $10,000 tuition increase for out-of-state students over the
next four years at their April meeting, experts say raising the cap on out-of-state acceptances is likely to be next. UW administrators have not been so forward. They overwhelmingly have said Wisconsin residents are their first commitment. But how the System will compensate for the nearly $300 million in proposed cuts to the UW System in Gov.
Scott Walker’s biennial budget proposal is still in limbo. If the state’s priorities remain in K-12 education and transportation, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank could likely request that the Board of Regents raise the current 27.5 percent cap on non-resident student enrollment at their July meeting, Noel Radomski, director of the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of
Postsecondary Education, said. The current cap covers all UW System schools, but mainly applies to UW-Madison because of its higher rate of non-resident enrollment. Minnesota residents do not count as out-of-state students under this quota. For the last couple of years, admission rates for Wisconsin residents have been more than 70 percent, according to Steve Hahn, the vice provost for
enrollment management. Raising the current cap has not traditionally come up in the chancellor’s announcements as an option yet, however, Radomski argued since tuition rates for out-of-state students will soon see a dramatic increase, the university now has a reason to increase nonresident enrollment. “There is a market demand,” Radomski said. “Therefore,
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there will be a financial incentive to increase the number and percentage of non-resident international students because they bring in more money.” Nicholas Hillman, UW professor of educational leadership and policy analysis, said while he understands the university increased nonresident tuition because those
OUT-OF-STATE, page 4
GOP EFFICIENCY, page 8
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