Crisis in state's funding of higher education puts our future at risk
KUDOS to the University of Washington for 150 years as a provider of educational excellence and access to our state's best and brightest.
The sesquicentennial offers a compelling glance back at the school's remarkable history and accomplishments, but the occasion can also serve as a reminder of the UW's valued role as one of the region's biggest economic engines.
The UW supports nearly 70,000 direct and indirect jobs and created 7,600 non-publicly-funded jobs in the past decade. The school gives better than it gets: Every dollar invested in the UW creates $22 in economic activity and $1.48 in tax revenue.