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| Project Development Awards enable faculty to seek external funding | |||
| Faculty have until Oct. 4 to apply for summer teaching grants | |||
| Money available for faculty research and creative activity | |||
| Shannon Point receives $162K to buy new academic vessel | |||
| Eyman's supermajority initiative: Tougher sale this time | Another election year, another go-round with Tim Eyman, the initiative king. I’m doing everything I can as a volunteer in opposition to this year’s Initiative 1185, so bear in mind that I am co-chair of the No on 1185 Committee as I share at Crosscut some of the featured themes of the debate.… |
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| Deal would give back 3 percent wage cuts to state workers | Negotiators for Gov. Chris Gregoire and the union that represents state government’s largest group of employees have struck a tentative pay deal that reverses the 3 percent wage cuts of the past two years. |
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| UW, WSU rankings: the cost of slipping support for higher education | Those closely watched college rankings are out and the most important take-away is that the University of Washington and Washington State University remain among the best academic deals in the country. |
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| Budget forecast: Funding education without tax hikes unlikely | A budget forecast released Monday by Gov. Chris Gregoire's financial office raises questions about gubernatorial-candidate claims that education funding can be boosted without new taxes. |
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| State budget outlook: $492 million shortfall | A new budget outlook for state government shows red ink to the tune of $492 million by June 2015 – if teachers get pay raises, public employees see an end to pay cuts, and health care costs keep rising. The outlook, produced by Gov. Chris Gregoire’s budget office, assumes $1.5 billion in… |
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| Gloomy Forecast for States, Even if Economy Rebounds | The fiscal crisis for states will persist long after the economy rebounds as they confront rising health care costs, underfunded pensions, ignored infrastructure needs, eroding revenues and expected federal budget cuts, according to a report issued here Tuesday by a task force of respected… |