Midday Scan: Tuition lesson at UW
"Higher ed to the higgest bidder" sounds like a platitude, a talking point to provoke a restive middle class. A proposed 16 percent tuition hike at the University of Washington throws the fervid slogan into the truism rank. So what can students do other than stew and hunt for a secord or third part-time job? Birddog the university's budget and question the most student-accessible provost in 30 years, Ana Mari Cauce.