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| UW to part ways with Sodexo next summer | The University of Washington’s 25-year relationship with Sodexo will end in July. |
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| Universities not happy with Gregoire’s tuition plan | Gov. Chris Gregoire’s goal of not raising college tuition over the next two years is not sitting well with the leaders of Washington’s universities, who say the proposal fails to recognize the budget problems they face. A decade ago, state dollars paid about 70 percent of the cost to… |
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| Washington college instructors are 'flipping' the way they teach | For years, Scott Freeman taught Biology 180 — a gateway class — by standing in front of his students at the University of Washington and lecturing about biological systems, evolution and the chromosome theory of inheritance. |
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| Regents call for renewed commitment to higher education funding | With the elections over, attention in Olympia is returning to the business of governing as the January legislative session approaches. This is a budget writing year for the governor and our legislators, and the fiscal challenges of the past four years will be with us once again. One of… |
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| More students venture into digital classroom for online courses | Matthew McSweeney spends a lot of time on the computer, so when the senior at Skyline High School failed geometry last year his parents suggested he give math class another go, but instead online. |
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| UW wants state to lift freeze on salaries | Saying it cannot keep salaries frozen any longer, the University of Washington plans to ask the Legislature to lift a pay freeze on university employees and to help pick up some of the tab on an increase — as much as $75 million over two years. |
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| Inslee takes strong lead, but McKenna won't concede | Buoyed by strong support in King County, Democrat Jay Inslee looked well-positioned to maintain his party's three-decade winning streak for the governor's office. |
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| WSU seeks $2 million to bolster classes in Everett | Washington State University wants an infusion of state dollars next year to add courses and teach more students in Everett. |
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| Enrollment up at Washington universities | About a thousand more international students are enrolled at the University of Washington's Seattle campus this fall, but school officials say that doesn't mean they have cut back on the number of in-state students at the state's most selective public university. UW also… |
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| How to get a free Ivy League education online | Didn’t get into MIT? Student loans wouldn’t cover Yale? Was Stanford too far to commute? It’s never too late to get an Ivy League education—or take advantage of college courses at any number of universities from just about anywhere. And what’s even better: It’s often free. Universities… |