The University of Wisconsin-Madison is reviving a proposal that would require engineering students to pay more tuition than other undergraduates would.

The Board of Regents will consider the proposal next week. If it's approved, engineers' tuition would go up $600 in the first year and $400 in each of the following two years.

The plan was raised last summer but tabled so the school could study how such a system could work.

The proposal is expected to eventually generate $3 million per year. The money would go toward hiring more engineering faculty to teach high demand courses and updating the curriculum to meet technological advances.

Senior Craig MacKenzie favors the plan. He graduates in December but says if required courses were offered more often he could have graduated this month.

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