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Rally and forum bring attention to deep cuts to higher education | Funding for higher education was on the mind of hundreds of students, faculty and community members today with both a community forum and an on-campus rally highlighting the issue. |
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Panel: Higher education cuts harmful to students, colleges and community | Continued budget cuts to the state higher education system will be detrimental to the quality of colleges and to the state and local economy. |
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²ÝÁñÉçÇø gets science grant of $590,000 | A National Science Foundation grant worth $590,000 has been awarded to two Western Washington University professors to help encourage more female students to major in computer science and mathematics. |
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Students plan walkouts to protest budget cuts | Students are promising you'll see quite a commotion around the state's universities and colleges this week. |
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Lower Tolerance for Higher Education Cuts | The latest cuts to higher education in Washington appear to be the last straw for students. At eight schools across the state on Tuesday, they are holding walkouts and rallies, making phone calls and writing letters to get lawmakers' attention. The supplemental budget cuts $25 million in… |
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Lower Tolerance for Higher Education Cuts | The latest cuts to higher education in Washington appear to be the last straw for students. At eight schools across the state on Tuesday, they are holding walkouts and rallies, making phone calls and writing letters to get lawmakers' attention. The supplemental budget cuts $25 million in… |
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State university presidents paint grim picture on budget cuts | Fewer Washington state students would be admitted to the state's universities, and more high-paying out-of-state students would be accepted. Hundreds of faculty and staff jobs would be cut, and the time it takes to get a four-year degree would grow by several semesters or more, in effect… |
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Rally and forum on March 1 to focus on cuts to higher education | |||
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Washington governor signs deficit cutting package | After more than a month of negotiations, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law Friday a package of deficit cutting measures that attempt to patch a shortfall of more than half a billion dollars in the current fiscal year. |