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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin System plans to offer nearly $500,000 in scholarships this fall to students who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Vaccinated students at campuses with at least 70% of the student body vaccinated by Oct. 15 will be entered into a drawing.
Seventy winners will each receive a $7,000 scholarship.
System President Tommy Thompson says he s pushing hard because getting to 70% would mean “we re going to have a very safe year.”
UW-Madison isn t participating in the program because Chancellor Rebecca Blank is considering her own incentive program.
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UW System launches tuition scholarship raffle to boost student vaccination rate
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) â University of Wisconsin System leaders voted Thursday against raising tuition just hours after Gov. Tony Evers signed a budget that gave them the ability to do so for the first time in years.
The Board of Regents approved a system budget that calls for no resident undergraduate tuition increases for the 2021-22 academic year.
Republican legislators froze resident undergraduate tuition heading into the 2013-14 academic year. That was finally undone on Thursday when Evers signed a Republican-written state budget that, besides handing control of tuition back to the board, includes a $2 billion income tax cut.
Regaining control of tuition was âsomething that we ve all wanted and rightfully deserved,â interim System President Tommy Thompson said, t he Wisconsin State Journal reported.
UW Regents OK budget with no tuition increase for in-state undergrads
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