No, aid cuts where not due to 2008. eg in WI, which I'm familiar with, they started in approx 2001 and were cut by 50% over that decade. Eg in 2000, students

No, aid cuts where not due to 2008. eg in WI, which I'm familiar with, they started in approx 2001 and were cut by 50% over that decade. Eg in 2000, students paid about 30% of the cost and by 2010 60%. https://badgerherald.com/news/2010/04/07/as-state-funding-fal/ https://badgerherald.com/news/2010/04/07/as-state-funding-fa... and the cuts have continued, eg a further $250m in 2016 http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/university-of-wisconsin-system-faces-million-cut-restructuring/article_c3489fee-4449-11e0-921b-001cc4c03286.html http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/...