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| Education cuts sabotage state's future | Washington is rapidly stripping support from its four-year public colleges and putting more cost burdens on students, at a time when brains trained at those colleges are needed to power the Evergreen State out of the Great Recession. Students are paying more for less. But the hidden cost… |
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| Access Denied: College education increasingly out of reach | Ilona Idlis is so brimming with intellectual passion that she'll engage random bus riders in discussions on tax reform – and win them over to her side. This spring, the University of Washington sophomore is studying in Prague to force herself outside of her Puget Sound comfort zone. She… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Gilman sends message to campus regarding state budget proposals | |||
| $32.1B Senate budget cuts teacher pay 3%, raises tuition up to 16% | A $32.1 billion state budget proposal outlined by Senate Democratic and Republican negotiators Tuesday evening includes reforms that some lawmakers in each party have sought for years. Sacred cows are among the targets of an estimated $4.8 billion in cuts. They include a 3 percent pay cut… |
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| ‘Heavy lifting’ looms in state budget talks | Now, the budget negotiations can begin in earnest. |
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| How deep will students (and parents) have to dig for new tuition increases? | The state House has passed a 2011-13 biennial budget that calls for raising tuition by 11 to 13 percent at state-funded colleges and universities, meaning college students and their families will have to dig even deeper if they want to get a degree. For a full-time, in-state Western… |
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| State Senate to unveil their state spending plan | Washington state Senators are planning to unveil their budget proposal for the state's next two-year budget Tuesday evening - the last piece of the puzzle as lawmakers head for tough negotiations on government spending. |
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| Burden of College Loans on Graduates Grows | Student loan debt outpaced credit card debt for the first time last year and is likely to top a trillion dollars this year as more students go to college and a growing share borrow money to do so. |
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| State House passes budget plan with $4.4B in cuts | House lawmakers on Saturday approved their version of the next two-year state budget, voting 53-43 in favor of a proposal that would slash $4.4 billion in spending. |
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| Loss of $482 million will raise tuition, decrease slots for state's students | Washington's public colleges and universities face a bleak future under the budget approved by the state House: Double-digit tuition increases, fewer slots for Washington natives, and drastic program reductions are just a few of the money-saving measures under consideration. |