THE est, 1956 OCTOBER, 22, 2012 WMPOST THE STUDENT-RUN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ISSUE 8, VOLUME 57 UWM student denied in-state tuition Long walk to based on same-sex marriage legalities graduation Graduating in four Student withdraws from UWM as a result years unlikely at UWM By Maegan Krause Special to the Post By Blanca Picasso
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[email protected] UW-Milwaukee denied in-state tuition to Jorge Quintero, the spouse At 14.9 percent, UW-Milwaukee of a Wisconsin resident, based on has the second lowest four-year gradu the 2006 constitutional amendment ation rate in the UW-System. The av that banned same-sex marriage in erage UW-System four-year graduation Wisconsin. Quintero appealed the rate is 27.4 percent, with UW-Madison decision in August but it was not re at the highest percentage of 49.7 percent. versed. Unable to afford the higher tu The state-mandated accountability ition costs, he dropped out after at report documents how and if UWM is tending his first week of classes. meeting the academic goals decided by According to the Bursar's Office, the UW-System. The report lists all of the UWM tuition rate for full-time the expectations UWM is held to and non-residents is $18,915.12 for the whether or not the school met those 2012 academic year. That's $9,728.50 expectations. more than it costs for Wisconsin resi According to the report and the dents to attend the university. College Portraits website, 79 percent of In late July, Quintero received a students who started at UWM in 2005 letter from residency specialist Debbie are either still in school or graduated, Freiberg stating he was ineligible to with only 15 percent of students gradu receive in-state tuition.