Barrons thanks for posting the article. I, for one, am for merit scholarships at Madison. My 3 in-state high achieving students (two who were NMFs and Vals. of their schools) might have considered Madison if merit was offered. My oldest did come back to the state to work, but my middle son graduated and is now working elsewhere. Not sure where my sophomore college student will end up. We had no ties to Madison, unlike alot of our neighbors, so it was easy for us to look outside our area/state to find a comparable education for less money. Both my two older boys graduated in four years with no debt because of merit scholarship; something they probably would not have done if they went to Madison.