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| States looking at $0 community college tuition | Nothing sparks consumer demand like the word "free," and politicians in some states have proposed the idea of providing that incentive to get young people to attend community college. |
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| The promise of a $10,000 bachelor鈥檚 degree | Is it possible to create a bachelor鈥檚 degree that would cost students only $10,000? A few years ago, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Florida Gov. Rick Scott called on colleges to create a $10,000 bachelor鈥檚 degree. Critics argued that it was tantamount to the 鈥淲almartization鈥 of higher鈥 |
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| Legislative session ends without tackling some major issues | As legislative sessions go, this was largely a forgettable one. |
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| Demographics improve odds of getting into UW this year | For all of those high-school seniors waiting for a fat envelope to arrive from the college of their choice, give Mom and Dad a hug: Due to either good planning or sheer luck, they gave birth to you at the bottom of a demographic trough. |
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| Lawmakers have plenty to do before session ends Thursday | Lawmakers had one thing in mind when they began the 2014 session: Finish on time. |
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| Promises kept: You stay in school, we鈥檒l cover college | If your family couldn鈥檛 afford to pay for college, would you stop trying to get good grades? Would you cease to aim high? Those questions, and the chilling implications they raise for low-income students, inspired an ambitious promise from Washington legislators in 2007: All seventh and鈥 |
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| Western celebrates Real Hope Act | |||
| House Passes Budget Bill, Setting Everything in Motion for Adjournment Next Week | The state House Tuesday night passed a supplemental budget that sets the wheels in motion for an on-time adjournment next week, and points the way toward a much bigger debate over taxes next year. The latest version of the House budget, written by Democrats, now stands somewhere in the鈥 |
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| SPSCC ordered to crush rare Dodge Viper | Automotive professors and students at South Puget Sound Community College were in shock Tuesday after being notified their $250,000 pre-production Dodge Viper SRT must be destroyed within two weeks. 鈥淚t鈥檚 like the day Kennedy was shot,鈥 Norm Chapman, automotive technology professor at鈥 |
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| WCC to offer medical assisting, computer security programs for high school students | Whatcom County high school students will have more options to get college credit starting this fall, as a new partnership allows Whatcom Community College to offer additional programs for medical and technical careers. The college is working with the Northwest Career & Technical鈥 |