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Last year, as Washington State faced a severe budget crisis, legislators embraced a novel way to fund student financial aid: a public-private partnership between the state and private corporations. Called the Opportunity Scholarship Fund, the fund attracts private donations and matches them with…

Brinton Sprague, a retired community college leader now living in Port Ludlow, will be Peninsula College’s interim president, taking over for outgoing President Tom Keegan on Feb. 6.

Peninsula College trustees selected Sprague on Tuesday from three applicants, none of whom currently work…

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has only been in office for about a year. He succeeded Bill Ritter as Colorado’s chief executive. Even though he has only been in office a short time, Hickenlooper has found the time to issue an executive order concerning Colorado Higher Education. On January…

As Washington looks toward the next special legislative session, higher education is again on the cutting block. It is likely that new cuts will be forthcoming absent new taxes. As a result, the cost to students to attend college will continue to rise.

A major…

There has been much talk of the “online revolution” in higher education. While there is a place for online education, some of its boosters anticipate displacing the traditional campus altogether. A close reading of their arguments, however, makes clear that many share what might be called the “…