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| Former Congressman Brian Baird named president of Antioch University Seattle | Former U.S. congressman Brian Baird has been named the next president of Antioch University Seattle. |
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| New York technology leader to head UW-Bothell campus | The University of Washington has picked an academic leader with extensive experience in science and technology to be the next chancellor of its Bothell campus. Bjong Wolf Yeigh, professor and president of the State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT), will be the next鈥 |
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| UW expands online courses, this time from Harvard, MIT | Adding to its growing catalog of free online-course offerings, the University of Washington announced Tuesday it is joining another free course provider 鈥 this one run by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). |
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| Higher ed remains the key | The mainspring for landing the Boeing 777X in Washington is higher ed and addressing the skills gap in engineering and technology. The best social program for self-sufficiency, the best business strategy for curtailing unemployment and goosing the economy, is higher ed. |
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| Washington state universities "really at risk," Inslee says | Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee told a Seattle audience Monday that he wants to reduce public university tuitions after several years of diminishing state support for higher education. 鈥淲e鈥檙e really at risk of having our colleges erode,鈥 Inslee told the audience at a sold-out luncheon of鈥 |
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| Inslee, lawmakers tussle over drunk driving & budget negotiations | Neither side has apparently made any legitimate concessions in the past two weeks of closed-door budget talks over Washington's 2013-2015 operating budget. |
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| Inslee narrows top priorities for special session | Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has narrowed his list of top priorities for lawmakers to address in a special session, saying Monday that the Legislature must focus on the operating budget, a transportation-funding package and new legislation to crack down on drunken drivers. |
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| Special session could drag on | Washington lawmakers return to the Capitol Monday to finish their work on a two-year state budget, but with no deal reached during their two-week interim, the special legislative session could take its full allotted 30 days, if not longer. |
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| UW student group suggests tuition increase to fund faculty raises | In an unusual twist, a student-led committee at the University of Washington says that if state lawmakers don鈥檛 boost funding for higher education, the school should raise tuition by 3 percent 鈥 and use all the money to give faculty and staff a raise. |
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| Higher education a smart investment in state鈥檚 future | After a two-week break to refresh and hear from constituents, state lawmakers will return to the Capitol Campus on Monday to finish the work they couldn鈥檛 accomplish in 105 days: passing a budget. We hope legislators used this time to step back from party politics and return next week with a鈥 |