Legislature's waning support for higher education creates chasm for middle class

WASHINGTON state is losing the American dream that its citizens, regardless of their financial level, can go to college. I was raised in a single-parent family on welfare yet I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.

I have attended, worked for, administered or built universities for more than 50 years. The hardworking, average family no longer has access to or can afford to attend our best public colleges.