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Financial aid may not keep pace with fast-rising tuition

In a year when the Legislature slashed more than $4 billion from higher education, social services, health care and other areas, one program received an especially generous increase: financial aid for undergraduate college students.

The Legislature approved a 32…

Wash. governor signs bill to raise college tuition

Washington state's six four-year colleges and universities will be able to set their own tuition, which had previously done by the Legislature, under a measure that Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law Monday.

Tuition increases ranging from 11 to 16 percent…

State Budget Cuts Lead To Tuition Hikes At Washington Universities

College tuition is getting more expensive at Washington State University and Eastern Washington University.

On Monday, the WSU Board of Regents approved a 16 percent tuition increase that will start this fall to make up for vast budget cuts it received from Washington State.

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EWU likely to raise tuition

Tuition at Eastern Washington University could go up for the third year in a row, as many as 10 degree programs could be eliminated and about 20 employees could lose their jobs to bridge a $24.9 million budget gap.

This cut is the most recent in a series of spending cuts since the…

Big tuition hikes a ‘cold,’ ‘ugly reality’ in Wash.

At a news conference where Boeing and Microsoft announced a $50 million pledge to a college scholarship fund, Gov. Chris Gregoire was asked whether the deep cuts to higher education in the most recent state budget would have been as severe if voters had passed an initiative that would’ve imposed…

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Whatcom County schools, colleges mull how to handle state funding cuts

The state operating budget is basically done, only awaiting Gov. Chris Gregoire's signature and any adjustments she wants to make.

But exactly what the budget changes will mean for Whatcom County school districts and colleges remains unclear. Officials at both have a better idea of…

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