UW-Madison student seeks details about how fees are spent

Todd Finkelmeyer:

How much say should students have in how their mandatory fees are used?

It's a topic UW-Madison sophomore Sarah Neibart is attempting to bring some attention to by contacting reporters and writing letters to the editor.

Here are some basics: A full-time student attending UW-Madison pays about $540 in mandatory segregated fees each semester (a figure that's on top of tuition, which is $4,835 per semester for an in-state undergrad). Over the course of an entire academic year, this means students across campus contribute a combined $42 million in segregated fees.

When a unit on campus utilizes these dollars, it must submit an annual budget proposal outlining how they're spent.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 26, 2012 1:54 AM
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