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| UW, Western, Gonzaga send many students to Peace Corps | Two Washington universities and a private college once again are leaders on the list of schools that send the most volunteers to work in the Peace Corps. |
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| Live chat: How college students can get more kids interested in higher ed | Our latest Education Lab story examines a mentor program at Western Washington University called Compass 2 Campus. As its name suggests, Compass 2 Campus operates under the premise that linking current college students with younger students can help kids navigate a path to higher education. |
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| Editorial: Tuition reform study must offer solutions | A renewed effort by Sen. Michael Baumgartner to get tuition increases at Washington public universities under control was turned back Friday, but there might be a thin silver lining to the rejection. The Spokane Republican had proposed a Debt-Free Degree Act that would have capped tuition… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø again ranked No. 1 by Peace Corps | |||
| Higher ed for undocumented kids pays off for us all | You know you’ve won the argument when the main thing left to dispute is who gets the credit. That’s where the fight over financial aid for undocumented college students stands. |
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| Proposal offers new way to pay for college | John Burbank, a Seattle-based liberal policy analyst, had been studying the escalation of college tuition for several years when, in 2012, he hit on a plan to help students complete higher education degrees without going into thousands of dollars of debt. |
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| Sustainability conference a success at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø | |||
| Western ranked lone university in state for green energy | Western Washington University is the only Washington state public university or college on the Environmental Protection Agency’s list for green energy purchases in higher education, Paul Cocke, the director of university communications, said in an email. |
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| Innovative new B.C. university turns higher-ed on its head | In recent years, many educators have come to question the very stuff that makes up a large part of a modern-day education - the body of knowledge and facts that students learn and memorize, then regurgitate on tests and exams. |
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| College endowments have strong year | The nation's college and university endowments — often used to fund scholarships and professorships — had strong growth last year, according to a report released Tuesday. That's a bit of good news for higher education institutions under pressure to hold down tuition costs amid some… |