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| Seven NW colleges unite to form local higher-ed coalition | Everett Community College is joining six other colleges and universities to form the Northwest Higher Education Coalition, a group working together to increase higher education opportunities in northwestern Washington. |
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| State budget shortfalls take a toll on Bellingham schools | Cuts to school budgets have long-reaching tentacles, though, and are likely to be felt in the broader community. Western Washington University is neck and neck with St. Joseph Hospital for the rank of No. 1 Whatcom County employer. Those employees, who live and spend their money in the county,… |
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| Wash.'s public universities talking money again | The Washington Legislature doesn't get back to work for about three months. But leaders of the state's public colleges and universities are beginning their fight for a share of dwindling state dollars. |
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| UW drops lobbying for tuition-setting control | Interim-President Phyllis Wise took some faculty and student leadership by surprise in a Faculty Senate Executive Meeting report Monday, where she made it clear the UW would not pursue one of the strategies it most actively lobbied for last year — tuition-setting authority. |
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| Western Washington University trustees approve budget cuts | Western Washington University is reducing the 2010-11 operating budget for the third time, and more cuts could be on the way depending on how the state budget develops. The ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $3.04 million operating budget reduction Friday, Oct. 8. |
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| Budget discussion Friday to be audiocast live online | |||
| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø looks to layoffs, reducing programs to meet budget cut requirement | Western Washington University officials are looking at laying off seven people and reducing funding to several programs in an effort to meet statewide budget cuts. In response to Gov. Chris Gregoire's request for state agencies to reduce expenses by about 6 percent, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø is looking to… |
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| Whatcom CC, Bellingham tech college look for ways to cut budgets | Whatcom Community and Bellingham Technical colleges are each cutting more than half a million dollars in spending this school year, but exactly how those cuts will be handled is still being discussed on both campuses. Gov. Chris Gregoire announced earlier this month that the anticipated… |
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| More budget cuts for Western Washington University | Western Washington University is announcing more cuts. President Bruce Shepard details the latest proposals to save money in a letter to the campus. |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø cuts funding to high-quality programs in response to continuing state reductions |