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| Don’t gut Pell Grants | DEBATE IS intensifying over the federal Pell Grant program. Some see runaway spending that can’t be sustained in the face of the mounting national debt; others believe no one with skill and determination should be denied a college education for lack of financial resources. We think it’s… |
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| Whatcom Community College may counter state cuts with higher tuition, reserves | Whatcom Community College is relying on tuition increases and reserve funds to balance its 2011-12 operating budget, after losing nearly $2.3 million in state funding, according to the draft budget. |
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| Amid federal debt reduction talks, Pell grants still at risk | College students from low-income families have long relied on federal Pell grants to help pay for tuition. Earlier this year, $4 billion was slashed from the Pell budget. Republicans in the House, under a budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), but rejected by the Senate, would have slashed… |
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| UC tuition hits $12,192 - a 9.6 percent increase | University of California regents voted Thursday to raise tuition by 9.6 percent - on top of an 8 percent increase already approved for this fall - over the objections of students who said they'll drown in debt. At the same meeting in San Francisco, the regents also gave large pay… |
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| CSU tuition now twice 2007 cost | California State University trustees voted Tuesday to raise tuition by 12 percent this fall over the objections of protesters who said middle-class and undocumented students will be priced out of a college education. It is the second increase in less than a year, making this year's… |
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| Washington state revenue collections down a bit in June; Don't worry, counsels economist Arun Raha | The July collections report was just released by state economist Arun Raha and the bottom line that most state budget writers and state budget beneficiaries look for is this – collections from existing state taxes was $22.3 million below what was expected in the quarterly forecast released just… |
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| Skagit Valley College tuition increases 13 percent, limits put on Running Start | Skagit Valley College and Running Start students on Whidbey Island may need to start penny pinching. |
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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… |