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| Making the Case | Each year, the scholarly and other groups that make up the National Humanities Alliance come to Washington to try to win federal support. This year, with many politicians uninterested in anything academic that doesn't have the acronym STEM in it, advocates said they welcomed the chance to鈥 |
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| Restore higher ed funding | In Washington, higher-education funding is (or at least should be) a bipartisan touchstone, a leg up for poor and middle-class students and a spur to a high-tech and manufacturing-centric economy. Year after year in Olympia, higher ed was cast as a core service, as integral to the state's鈥 |
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| State senators pledge $300M more for higher ed | A group of Washington state senators vowed Tuesday to increase funding for higher education by $300 million but declined to say how they would get the money at a time when lawmakers are struggling to balance the budget. |
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| California bill aims to be 'turning point' for college courses online | California State Sen. Darrell Steinberg wants to bridge two universes in education 鈥 the traditional campus and the realm of innovative online courses. |
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| Online classes may worsen educational achievement gap, study shows | It鈥檚 one of the most hyped ideas in higher education today 鈥 the hope that college courses taught online can drive down the cost of a degree, and make it easier for working students to complete their college education. |
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| Climate change a top concern for Gov. Inslee | There was a telling moment just before Gov. Jay Inslee raised his right hand and took the oath of office. |
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| Remembering Booth Gardner: A people's politician and an advocate for dignity | For two terms, Booth Gardner breathed life into stale old Oly. Gov. Dan Evans had moved on, followed by prickly Dixy Lee Ray (once described as Sarah Palin with a PhD) and the constant-yet-colorless pipe-smoker John Spellman. In 1984, Gardner swept onto the political stage with youth, charisma,鈥 |
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| Tuition assistance cuts will hit military students | Active-military troops who are taking courses through Washington colleges and universities learned recently that they may lose a tuition assistance benefit that helps pay for college. The cut is part of the federal budget sequester. One of the Washington colleges likely to be most鈥 |
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| State House passes 鈥榃ashington Dream Act鈥 | The Washington State Dream Act was approved by the state House on Wednesday, bringing undocumented students one step closer to being eligible for the State Need Grant. The measure was approved 77-20, with unanimous Democrat support and a split vote on the Republican side. It was the last鈥 |
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| Facing deadline, state lawmakers rush to pass bills | Lawmakers nearly went down to the wire to pass one of Gov. Jay Inslee鈥檚 marquee bills on Wednesday as the House and Senate raced toward their 5 p.m. deadline for passing bills to the opposite chamber. It was unclear until late morning which chamber would act on Inslee鈥檚 climate change study鈥 |