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| Senate Dems' budget plan avoids deeper cuts to education | Senate Democrats will propose a budget Tuesday that spares K-12 and higher education from additional cuts, Senate Ways and Means Chairman Ed Murray said Monday. |
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| Washington State Cannot Afford More Cuts to Higher Education | As Washington State’s public colleges and universities face a quiet crisis created by a massive state divestment in higher education over the last few years, our long-term economic future as a state is being put in serious jeopardy. This path of state disinvestment is compromising access,… |
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| How will Washington meet its growing need for STEM degrees? | A top Boeing official recently shared this sobering statistic: that 50 percent of Boeing's engineers will be eligible to retire by 2015. Similar and equally frightening statistics pertain to the growing need for engineers in the energy industry, the transportation systems sector, and the… |
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| Central Washington University to offer all community-college students chance for bachelor's degree | At a time when politicians and researchers warn that Washington isn't producing enough higher-education degrees, Central Washington University has come up with a program to make it easier for community-college students to get their bachelor's. |
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| Lawmakers need long-range strategy on improving education | House Democrats spared basic education funding from additional significant cuts in the budget they released last week, and maybe that’s all we can hope for at the tail end of the Great Recession. But let’s hold the applause. The budget still slices another $65 million out of higher… |
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| Skagit Valley College may make its campuses tobacco-free | Lighters flared on a gusty, damp day as smokers huddled under one of the few designated smoking gazebos on Skagit Valley College's main campus. |
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| Mounting student loans a 'debt bomb' waiting to explode | It’s a vicious cycle. Many families in this country cannot afford the skyrocketing cost of higher education without student loans. But many graduates cannot find a job and cannot pay off the loans. As a result, they wind up in a much deeper hole (as the interest and collection fees accrue) with… |
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| US college grads get older, shift workplace trends | Americans 60 or older are more likely than ever to have college degrees, helping redefine work and retirement as educated baby boomers swell the senior population at rates faster than young adults earn diplomas. |
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| Bill would link funding to results for Washington's four universities | A bill sponsored by state Rep. Tim Probst, D-Vancouver would link funding for state universities to the results they produce. |
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| U.S. Bachelor Degree Rate Passes Milestone | More than 30 percent of American adults hold bachelor’s degrees, a first in the nation’s history, and women are on the brink of surpassing men in educational attainment, the Census Bureau reported on Thursday. The figures reflect an increase in the share of the population going to college that… |