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Presidents lament budget cuts draining state's universities | Cutbacks to higher education are causing a brain drain at Washington public universities, and the state is gaining a national reputation for the severity of cuts, the presidents of Washington's six four-year higher-education institutions said Wednesday. |
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Feb. 9 humanitarian talk at SVCC now offered for free | |||
Shepard to join other presidents at town hall meeting tonight | |||
Higher Ed Presidents, The US In Haiti With Kim Ives, Preparing For A Bigger Population | How Can Washington Students Access Affordable Higher Ed? Six college presidents from across Washington state will meet at Seattle's Town Hall Wednesday night to talk higher education funding. How can Washington state students access a high–quality, affordable education in the face in… |
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Six college presidents gather to talk funding | The Greater Good Campaign hosts a conversation with six public university and college presidents and key business leaders Wednesday at Town Hall on what it means for Washington citizens to have a high-quality, well-funded higher-education system and the risks of continued cuts. |
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Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics | Elsevier, the global publishing company, is responsible for The Lancet, Cell, and about 2,000 other important journals; the iconic reference work Gray’s Anatomy, along with 20,000 other books—and one fed-up, award-winning mathematician. |
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Give every Washington student an opportunity for success | LIKE many states, Washington continues to battle significant budget challenges. Unlike many states, however, our constitution declares that it's the state's paramount duty to provide for the public education of all children. Unfortunately, steady declines in public resources now… |
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Losing kids on the path to prosperity | Washington state's educational system is imperiled by the Legislature's failure to prioritize learning from cradle to college. Skimping on the prekindergarten budget, cutting the K-12 system without reforming it and draining funding from higher education are shortsighted budget… |
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A fresh look at the challenge of improving Washington's higher-education system | The look of Sunday's editorial page might surprise readers, but the message is familiar and important. |
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WA university presidents: Obama wrong on tuition | The presidents of Washington's three largest universities said Friday that President Barack Obama should be talking to state governments about college tuition, not complaining to them. |