University of Wisconsin System. Under the Minnesota-Wisconsin reciprocity agreement, residents can attend public universi- ties, community colleges, and technical colleges in the adjacent state without having to pay nonresi- dent tuition. Students participating under the agreement are treated as state residents for admission purposes. History Legislation authorizing a tuition reciprocity agreement between Minnesota and Wisconsin was enacted by the Legislature in 1965 and initially in- cluded only three UW campuses (La Crosse, Su- perior, and River Falls), seven Minnesota junior colleges, UM-Twin Cities, UM-Duluth, and Winona State. The agreement provided for the transfer of a limited number of students from each state, with the number of students attending indi- vidual institutions specified. To be eligible, the student had to be an undergraduate whose legal residence or high school was no more than 40 miles from the institution attended in the other state. With the creation of the current University of Wisconsin System in 1971, the Legislature author- ized HEAB to negotiate tuition reciprocity agree- ments under Section 39.42 of the statutes and, in 1973, the Legislature authorized separate agreements with Minnesota under Section 39.47 of the statutes. In 1972-73, the restrictions based on student residence and eligible campuses were eliminated and reciprocity was extended to voca- tional and technical college students. In 1974-75, the agreement was revised to in- clude graduate and professional students and all restrictions on the number of participating stu- dents were lifted. In addition, each state was to xx- xxxxxxx annually the "net tuition loss" resulting from charging resident rather than nonresident tu- ition and the state with the greatest tuition loss would be reimbursed by the other state. The xxxx- bursement did not apply to students enrolled in technical or vocational schools. When the agreement was renegotiated for the 1979-80 academic year, a major change was made in the determination of the liability obligation of each state. Since Minnesota's resident tuition had historically been higher than Wisconsin's, it was agreed that the amount a state owed would be based on a formula that reflected actual educa- tional costs rather than the tuition differential. Each state's liability would be the difference be- tween the calculated cost of educating its students attending schools in the other state and the total amount of tuition paid by those students. The state with the high...
University of Wisconsin System. Under the Minnesota-Wisconsin reciprocity agreement, residents can attend public universi- ties, community colleges, and technical colleges in the adjacent state without having to pay non- resident tuition. Students participating under the agreement are treated as state residents for ad- Minnesota Board of Regents.
University of Wisconsin System. Other than the Minnesota agreement, the UW System participates in only one other tuition recip- rocity agreement. This agreement, which was estab- lished in 1967, is between a two-year UW System campus, UW-Marinette, and two community col- leges in Michigan, Gogebic Community College in Iron Mountain and Bay De Noc Community College in Escanaba. This agreement applies only to those individuals located in Menominee County in Michi- gan, and in Marinette and Iron Counties in Wiscon- sin. Under the agreement, a resident of Menominee County, Michigan may enro ll at UW-Marinette and pay Wisconsin resident tuition. Similarly, residents of Iron County and Marinette County may enroll at Gogebic Community College and Bay De Noc Community College, respectively, and pay the Michigan resident tuition rate. In 2002-03, tuition rates for Wisconsin resi dents are $81.25 per contact hour at Bay de Noc and $74.00 per credit hour at Gogebic. One contact hour at Bay de Noc and one credit hour at Gogebic is usually equal to one credit. For admissions purposes, students are treated as residents of the state in which they are enrolled. The agreement provides for automatic annual renewal unless either state provides written notice terminat- ing the agreement. Such notice must be given at least 12 months prior to th e academic year for which the agreement would be terminated. For the fall se- xxxxxx of 2001, 177 Michigan residents enrolled at UW-Marinette.
