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Washington must chart a better way on higher education support	WASHINGTON state's 2011 supplemental spending plan wields the budget ax heavily on our four-year universities. It has proved difficult for lawmakers fixated on the budget to carve out attention for higher education. Reps. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, and Larry…	2011-02-22
Agreement reached on deficit cutting package	Democratic and Republican lawmakers said Wednesday that they have reached an agreement on a package that patches more than half of an estimated $550 million deficit in this year's state budget. The agreement trims several state programs, including the state's health care…	2011-02-18
Bill would create a new prepaid state tuition fund	The state's prepaid college-tuition program, known as the Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program, would be a little less generous for people who buy credits after March 31 of this year under a bill that has been introduced in the state Senate. The changes…	2011-02-17
��'s Janelle Leger receives $530,000 NSF award		2011-02-16
BOT Recap: Board welcomes new trustee Karen Lee		2011-02-15
Quick business pitches compete for cash at �� event	A good business idea could get someone $500 at a Western Washington University DECA competition Saturday, Feb. 12. The BIG Idea Fast Pitch Competition begins at 2 p.m. in room 210 of ��'s Academic Instructional Center and will feature five-minute business pitches for web and mobile…	2011-02-15
Advocates For Higher Education Urge Legislature To Stop Cuts	Advocates for Washington's universities are presenting a more unified front in Olympia this year. They hope the closer coordination will help them make a stronger case for higher ed funding. A coalition of groups gathered on the steps of the state capitol…	2011-02-07
Higher Ed to be 'flushed down the toilet'?	Under a sky dark with foreboding, the state's four-year colleges, students and employees gathered on the State Capitol steps Thursday to give the Legislature a message: Curb the cuts. "Colleges are on the brink of losing half of the funding we had just…	2011-02-04
Broad coalition forms to oppose looming higher ed cuts	University students, faculty and administrators, labor unions and businesses have come together this legislative session to form a broad coalition to oppose further cuts to higher-education funding. Called the College Promise Coalition, the group says that the…	2011-02-04
College Promise Coalition created	Supporters of higher education in Washington have banded together to create the College Promise Coalition. The group’s goal is to make higher education more affordable and easier to access in the state. With the state budget situation, legislators have been looking to cuts at higher…	2011-01-27

Washington must chart a better way on higher education support

WASHINGTON state's 2011 supplemental spending plan wields the budget ax heavily on our four-year universities.

It has proved difficult for lawmakers fixated on the budget to carve out attention for higher education. Reps. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, and Larry…

2011-02-22

Agreement reached on deficit cutting package

Democratic and Republican lawmakers said Wednesday that they have reached an agreement on a package that patches more than half of an estimated $550 million deficit in this year's state budget.

The agreement trims several state programs, including the state's health care…

2011-02-18

Bill would create a new prepaid state tuition fund

The state's prepaid college-tuition program, known as the Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program, would be a little less generous for people who buy credits after March 31 of this year under a bill that has been introduced in the state Senate.

The changes…

2011-02-17

��'s Janelle Leger receives $530,000 NSF award

2011-02-16

BOT Recap: Board welcomes new trustee Karen Lee

2011-02-15

Quick business pitches compete for cash at �� event

A good business idea could get someone $500 at a Western Washington University DECA competition Saturday, Feb. 12.
The BIG Idea Fast Pitch Competition begins at 2 p.m. in room 210 of ��'s Academic Instructional Center and will feature five-minute business pitches for web and mobile…

2011-02-15

Advocates For Higher Education Urge Legislature To Stop Cuts

Advocates for Washington's universities are presenting a more unified front in Olympia this year. They hope the closer coordination will help them make a stronger case for higher ed funding.

A coalition of groups gathered on the steps of the state capitol…

2011-02-07

Higher Ed to be 'flushed down the toilet'?

Under a sky dark with foreboding, the state's four-year colleges, students and employees gathered on the State Capitol steps Thursday to give the Legislature a message: Curb the cuts.

"Colleges are on the brink of losing half of the funding we had just…

2011-02-04

Broad coalition forms to oppose looming higher ed cuts

University students, faculty and administrators, labor unions and businesses have come together this legislative session to form a broad coalition to oppose further cuts to higher-education funding.

Called the College Promise Coalition, the group says that the…

2011-02-04

College Promise Coalition created

Supporters of higher education in Washington have banded together to create the College Promise Coalition.

The group’s goal is to make higher education more affordable and easier to access in the state. With the state budget situation, legislators have been looking to cuts at higher…

2011-01-27

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