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In an unusual twist, a student-led committee at the University of Washington says that if state lawmakers don’t boost funding for higher education, the school should raise tuition by 3 percent — and use all the money to give faculty and staff a raise.

“It’s our sense, at this university, that if this wage freeze doesn’t end this year, it will have serious implications,” said Michael Kutz, a junior majoring in computer science and economics who chairs the Provost’s Advisory Committee for Students.