Editorial: Tuition reform study must offer solutions

A renewed effort by Sen. Michael Baumgartner to get tuition increases at Washington public universities under control was turned back Friday, but there might be a thin silver lining to the rejection.

The Spokane Republican had proposed a Debt-Free Degree Act that would have capped tuition at 10 percent of the average wage in the state. That would have cut charges at the University of Washington, for example, to $5,200; or more than 50 percent.