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| UW tuition: What’s behind the rising costs? | Before prices were frozen in the spring, tuition for a year of undergraduate education at the University of Washington had grown at five times the rate of inflation over the last decade — an increase of 150 percent. |
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| Teachers go on strike; no classes Tuesday at Bellingham Technical College | Bellingham Technical College instructors went on strike Tuesday morning, Sept. 24, forcing the cancelation of classes on what was scheduled to be the first day of the fall term. Negotiations between representatives of BTC and the faculty union, the Bellingham Education Association, had… |
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| KU professor on leave after tweet directed at NRA | A University of Kansas journalism professor was placed on indefinite administrative leave Friday for a tweet he wrote about the Navy Yard shootings which said, "blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters." David W. Guth, an associate… |
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| Western begins academic year with programs that meet community needs | Fall on Western Washington University's beautiful campus is one of my favorite times of the year. It also is when we start the new academic year; the campus comes to life, filled with the excitement of students pursuing their dreams, hopes and aspirations. This year is no exception and I am… |
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| Student Achievement Council to meet at Western Sept. 24 | |||
| State actuary says Wash pensions in good shape – with some real risks in view | State Actuary Matt Smith’s latest report on the financial health of Washington’s public-employee pensions says the outlook is for continued improvement despite a financial dip over the past few years. But Smith still thinks the state needs to ratchet down its investment return assumptions to 7.5… |
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| Revenue forecast packs $368 million of good news over next two years | Washington's top economic forecaster Steve Lerch says the recovering economy and tax changes approved by the Legislature are expected to generate $368 million more revenue for state operations through mid-2015 than was expected in June when lawmakers finished their two-year budget. … |
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| Colleges, support services helping Whatcom County grow tech businesses | The tech industry in Whatcom County is growing at a remarkable pace: 164 percent growth in the past 20 years compared to King County's 66 percent and the state's 58 percent growth over the same time frame, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In just the past five years, Whatcom County… |
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| New EWU contract eases pay inequities | When students come back to school at Eastern Washington University later this month, they may be taught by a very happy professor who just got a big raise. The regional university isn’t celebrating a financial windfall. The new money comes from a creative new faculty contract that focuses… |