Washington must chart a better way on higher education support
WASHINGTON state's 2011 supplemental spending plan wields the budget ax heavily on our four-year universities.
It has proved difficult for lawmakers fixated on the budget to carve out attention for higher education. Reps. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, and Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor, top a list of notable exceptions.
But the Legislature must get behind a road map charting a better course for universities struggling to pay for the level of access and academic quality state residents expect.