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Bill would sell off state's art collection

So how broke is the state of Washington?

It's so broke it could start selling off its art collection -- including some masterpieces -- and using the money to pay for low-income students to go to college.

That's the gist of a…

UC Students Propose Alternative To Tuition Increases

Chris LoCascio, a junior at UC Riverside, feared that there was no end in sight for tuition increases at the University of California. The state kept cutting subsidies, students kept protesting, but no one had any answers. So he and other students decided to turn the discussion on its head.…

Six presidents' discussion on higher ed funding available online
Lawmakers: Stop the bleeding of college opportunity

Higher education must bear its share of the pain as the Legislature squeezes another billion-plus dollars out of the current state budget. It should not bear more than its share.

It’s a longstanding legislative tradition to use the state’s higher education system – universities, community…

Don't turn GET program into a bait and switch

Washington families that are counting on the GET program to pay for college, may not get what they thought they were getting when they signed up.

Guaranteed Education Tuition allows families to buy credits for future tuition. One hundred GET credits equals one year…

Education cuts causing "brain drain" at Washington colleges

Washington's four year colleges and universities say the budget cuts they've taken are not only hurting their overall education, they're hurting their reputations around the world.
It's being called the "brain drain" by the presidents of Washington…

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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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…

President Obama should put rising tuition blame on state legislatures

PRESIDENT Obama cast welcome prominence on the challenge of college affordability in his State of the Union speech, but the threat to withhold federal funding from institutions that don't rein in tuition is misdirected.

"Let me put colleges and…

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