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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) — The UW system funding model is causing concern at UW-Green Bay.
The UW-System receives a certain amount of money from the state budget, which then gets dispersed to the 13 UW schools based on a model.
UW-Green Bay’s Assistant Director of Marketing and University Communication, Kristin Bouchard, says that model was created about 50 years ago.
“UW-Green Bay has been the fastest growing UW school in the system for the past five years, but yet that funding model has not changed to allow us more money per student.”
Jeremy Busch with Heibing Agency is partnered with UW-Green Bay.
“It works in such a way that, for institutions that are growing, it could result in lower funding per student because of the model,” said Busch.
Following the current funding model, UW-Madison receives the most money per student at about $10,900 per student. Behind them, UW-Superior receives $10,700 per student. UW-Green Bay sits at third from the bottom at $4,800 per student.
Busch says the model is confusing, and that isn’t a pattern of size, geography, or other demographics in the model.
“It is entirely in the Board of Regents power to change this,” said Busch. “We see this as separate from additional funding, which yes, it’s important that the legislature continues to increase funding, but the formula also needs to be fixed to make sure the money is being distributed in the right way.”
The issue was brought to light as a result of Thursday’s Legislative Council Study Committee meeting on the future of the University of Wisconsin System.
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