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Presidents from Washington’s universities came to Olympia today to tell lawmakers that the state’s four-year colleges will face dire consequences if they don’t get more funding from somewhere.

Tuition-setting authority, private investment and differential tuition in different undergraduate programs were among the strategies college administrators urged the Legislature to adopt in a House Higher Education Committee work session this morning.

“Frankly both you and we are in a pickle,” said Ralph Munro, a Trustee from Western Washington University speaking to Legislators during the meeting. “We have cut and we have cut and we have cut; I don’t want to see us go any further.”