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| 2-year budget includes about 1,300 fewer state jobs | It appears state government will have about 1,316 fewer full-time-equivalent jobs on the books, on average, in 2011-13 than in the current budget cycle. |
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| Federal cuts sting UW's global-language classes | For years, the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies has taught an ever-changing menu of the hottest languages of the developing world — languages such as Arabic and Urdu, Hindi and Chinese. The school is one of the country's largest recipients of federal… |
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| Money woes, infighting plague UW nursing school | The University of Washington's top-ranked School of Nursing is losing its dean and — according to a sharply critical consultant's report — is beset by low morale, internal strife and a lack of shared purpose among its faculty and staff members. |
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| Community college tuition going up 12 percent | Tuition at the state's two-year schools will increase by an average of 12 percent with a vote today that adds about $400 to the cost of a year of full-time tuition. |
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| In brief: EWU trustees OK spending plan | Eastern Washington University’s board of trustees approved the 2011-’13 spending plan that increases tuition 11 percent and permanently cuts $24.9 million from the university’s budget, officials announced this week. |
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| Education cuts undo years of work, Gregoire laments | A dejected Gov. Chris Gregoire gave final approval Wednesday to a new state spending plan, bemoaning in particular the sweeping cuts it makes to one of her prized issues: education. Gregoire said the spending reductions — totaling $4.5 billion over the next two years — were necessary at a… |
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| Gregoire signs budget that slashes education, health | With what she called a heavy heart, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a new budget Wednesday that will slash state spending in public schools, colleges, health care and human services in the next two years. "We cut and we cut deeply," she said. "We did not resort to gimmicks or… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø trustees approve budget, 16 percent tuition increase next year | Western Washington University fared better than expected in the state budget, cutting only about 2 percent of operating expenditures, but that's largely due to the fact that students will pay for large tuition increases the next two years. The board of trustees unanimously adopted… |
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| Western Approves Tuition Hikes | Western Washington University has approved a budget that includes big tuition hikes for the next two years. The budget passed on Friday, figures in an $857 per-student tuition increase starting in the fall and an additional $994 increase beginning next year. University Spokesman… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø trustees approve operating and capital budgets |