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| The Prestige Chase Is Raising College Costs | WITH ample reason, President Obama has grown impatient with my industry. In a recent speech at the University of Michigan, he said that while most new jobs in coming decades would require college training, access to higher education is increasingly threatened by runaway tuition growth. “… |
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| Poor public policies send desperate people to dubious colleges | In my last column I argued that the lifeline we’re throwing to those at the bottom rungs of society is increasingly beyond their grasp. Truth is, we also don’t provide them with many chances to rise up. With neither a hand out nor a hand up, too many citizens are consigned to pretty dim life… |
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| Higher education is an investment we can’t afford to neglect | A recent easing of the budget crisis facing Washington state is presenting legislators with an unexpected opportunity to both right a wrong and to invest in our state’s long-term economic health. |
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| UW slashes red tape in bid to spin off more businesses | With more than $1.5 billion in sponsored research each year, the University of Washington is the state’s largest research generator, and one of the largest in the country. Six of its professors have won Nobel Prizes, and many more are nationally recognized in their fields. |
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| Higher education panel at Bellingham TAG luncheon on March 16 | The future of higher education and what it means for business in Whatcom County will be the focus of a Friday, March 16, luncheon at Northwood Hall, 3240 Northwest Ave. Organized by the Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington, the luncheon is 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. |
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| College cash requests soar at EvCC | Requests for financial aid at Everett Community College have nearly doubled in the past four years, with 12,000 requests made so far this school year. |
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| Proposed state budget avoids tax increases, school cuts, but still looking for votes | Educators, prosecutors and providers of health and human services cheered Senate Democrats on Tuesday for their plan to rebalance the state budget without new cuts to schools, colleges and major social service programs. |
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| Democrats’ budget leaves schools alone | Senate Democratic leaders laid out a partisan budget plan Tuesday that spares public schools and universities from new spending cuts and, like the House Democrats’ offering last week, avoids a tax referendum. |
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| President Shepard sends updated message regarding proposed state budgets | |||
| Democrats advance budget plan with no sales-tax hike or school cuts | With bipartisanship out of political reach, Senate Democrats today unveiled a plan to rebalance the state budget without relying on higher taxes or carving any more dollars from public schools and colleges. |