March 3, 2008
U. of Wisconsin Faculty Members Chip In
When the University of Wisconsin faculty members answered a survey a year ago, most indicated that maintaining access to the university for lower-income students was a big concern. And now those faculty members are doing something about it, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
The percentage of students from families with incomes in the bottom 40 percent of all Wisconsin families dropped from 26 percent in 1994 to 21 percent in 2005, the article says.
The newspaper does not report what the faculty members’ fund-raising goal is—only to have a large percentage of people participate. The University of Wisconsin Foundation will match the donations.
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There is a huge disparity at UW-Madison in salaries between those in the liberal arts and some sciences and those in engineering, business, law, and medicine. I hope that the latter will be providing assistance commensurate with their over inflated incomes.
— heartland Mar 3, 02:41 PM #