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| Bellingham college's $4.5 million fisheries building completed | A grand opening celebration Saturday, Nov. 16, will mark the completion of the new $4.5 million Perry Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences and the public and private donors who helped Bellingham Technical College replace its worn-out fisheries building. |
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| They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets. | At Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., admissions officers are still talking about the high school senior who attended a campus information session last year for prospective students. Throughout the presentation, she apparently posted disparaging comments on Twitter about her fellow attendees,… |
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| Colleges see a slowdown in tuition price increases | Average sticker prices at the nation's four-year public universities rose 2.9% this year, the smallest annual increase in more than three decades, suggesting that the steeper increases over the past few years "did not signal a new era of accelerating prices," says a report out… |
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| Business and the Liberal Arts | Because of my experience as former CEO of the Seagram Corporation, young business students and aspiring entrepreneurs often seek my advice on the best way to navigate the complex and daunting world of business. As college students begin to think about selecting their majors, they may be… |
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| WSU has big plans to expand programs in Everett | It's not a full branch campus, per se, but Washington State University's presence in Everett continues to grow. |
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| Enrollment up at state colleges | Despite a drop-off in the number of kids graduating from high school in Washington, enrollment is up by roughly 800 students overall at Washington's six public universities this fall. |
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| UW’s freshman class largest ever; ²ÝÁñÉçÇø, EWU also break records | The University of Washington has started the academic year with the largest freshman class in its history with 6,255 students, 67 percent of whom are from Washington. The UW had a record number of applicants for the year — more than 30,000 — and as a result, the admission rate declined… |
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| After One Week, Federal Shutdown Is Already Taking a Toll on Higher Ed | The government shutdown that began last week is already taking a toll on higher education, despite assurances from policy makers that colleges and students would be largely spared in the short term. Research projects have been interrupted, academic meetings have been postponed or canceled, and… |
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| Federal shutdown impacts college cost calculators | This is the time of year when parents of high school seniors should be using net price calculators as they shop for colleges, but the federal government shutdown has shuttered the federal source for these valuable tools. |
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| State audit raps spending by head of UW program | The director of a University of Washington program that helps high-poverty students go to college used her position to secure special privileges for herself and her family — including a hotel’s presidential suite — when traveling on business, according to state Auditor Troy Kelley. … |