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| Auditor: UW center workers stole $75K from overseas health program | Staff with a University of Washington overseas health program stole nearly $75,000 over two years, according to a state Auditor’s Office report issued Monday. Confirming earlier suspicions from UW, state auditors found staff with the university’s International Training and Education… |
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| UW Bothell is state’s fastest-growing campus | It has taken more than two decades, but the University of Washington’s Bothell campus has finally reached the size and prominence its founders thought it would achieve much sooner. |
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| Bellingham Technical College board approves contracts reached during strike | Bellingham Technical College finalized contract agreements late Monday, Sept. 30, with two unions that represent the college's faculty and classified, clerical, technical, instructional and retail support staff. The Board of Trustees approved a three-year agreement with faculty union… |
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| Plans for a Shutdown | As the clock runs down on a Monday night deadline for Congress to reach agreement on a funding measure or else force most of government to close, the Obama administration is providing details on how federal agencies would operate during a shutdown. |
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| Impact of federal shutdown on Wash. | The federal government has begun a partial shutdown after congressional Republicans demanded changes in the nation's health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Barack Obama and Democrats refused. Here's a look at how services in Washington state are… |
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| BTC unions ratify contract agreements; strike officially over | Bellingham Technical College will hold its first day of classes Monday, Sept. 30, after two unions that represent the faculty and the college's classified, clerical, technical, instructional and retail support staff ratified contract agreements late Sunday, Sept. 29. The board of trustees… |
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| BTC students frustrated as faculty strike continues | As a faculty strike at Bellingham Technical College entered its third day Thursday, Sept. 25, with no end in sight, some of the nearly 2,500 affected students are voicing their frustrations. By law, the college can’t release financial aid monies to students until classes start — and… |
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| Shutdown Looms | The impending shutdown of the federal government is expected to affect higher education only modestly, at least in the short term, but the debate has already kicked off several months of unpredictable fiscal fights that threaten to further cut funding for some financial aid programs and… |
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| Second union votes to strike at Bellingham Technical College | Classes at Bellingham Technical College remain in limbo as a second union has voted to strike against the college. The Bellingham Education Support Team, the union that represents the college's classified clerical, technical, instructional and retail support staff, voted this week to… |
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| Bellingham Technical College faculty strike could last a week | A Bellingham Technical College faculty strike could continue for a week after a court commissioner declined to issue an injunction Tuesday morning, Sept. 24, forcing teachers to return to work. After a weekend of contract negotiations that continued late into the night Monday,… |