EWU likely to raise tuition
Tuition at Eastern Washington University could go up for the third year in a row, as many as 10 degree programs could be eliminated and about 20 employees could lose their jobs to bridge a $24.9 million budget gap.
This cut is the most recent in a series of spending cuts since the economic downturn began.
鈥淭his represents a more than 45 percent reduction in state funding to Eastern over the last three-plus years,鈥 said Dave Meany, university spokesman. EWU President Rodolfo Ar茅valo adds: 鈥淏ut we are trying to transform the university so that our primary mission of educating students continues to be at the highest level possible and students graduate in a timely fashion and at the lowest cost possible.鈥