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Students march for lower tuition 2015-03-04
Award recognizes student library research; deadline is April 15 2015-03-04
Bruce Shepard to appear on 'Inside Olympia' this week 2015-03-04
Gov. Inslee visits students and befriends a spider

Western welcomed Governor Jay Inslee on Monday, March 2, with a tarantula, a stroll through campus and a variety of student meetings focused on the environment and tuition. Inslee touched on a subject that folks at Western have been wondering about for quite some time: the renovations to Carver…

2015-03-03
Gov. Inslee visits WWU campus 2015-03-03
Governor talks tuition, college funding during WWU visit

Following a visit to Western Washington University on Monday, March 2, Gov. Jay Inslee said finding money to help state colleges operate is “going to take more work.”

Inslee discussed his proposed tuition freeze with students during the visit Monday. He also talked…

2015-03-03
Shepard: WWU can’t keep up high marks for quality if state continues to cut funding

Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard said the school won’t be able to continue delivering high quality education if the state continues to cut funding, despite a ranking last month that said Western was one of the top regional universities at doing so.

A ranking from U.S…

2015-02-26
Higher ed is getting a smaller slice of the budget pie. Why?

Earlier this month, after University of Washington President Michael Young accepted a job as head of Texas A&M University, we compared the amount of money Washington invests in higher education to the amount invested in public universities in the Lone Star State.

Among other things,…

2015-02-26
New forecast shows slight uptick in state revenues

Washington lawmakers have a little more money available to them as they work on crafting a new two-year budget for the state, according to an updated forecast released Friday.

The newest report from the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council shows that revenue collection projections…

2015-02-23
Stay in the loop on Olympia moves 2015-02-19
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