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Moody's assigns A1 to Western Washington University	Moody's Investors Service assigns a A1 rating to Western Washington University's (WWU) expected issuance of $14.7 million of fixed-rate Housing and Dining System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2015. At this time we are also affirming the existing A1 ratings on all existing Bonds.	2015-02-02
Seed for rebirth of Viking Avenue	Poulsbo City Councilman Ed Stern said the “college town” concept for Viking Avenue will be discussed during revision of the city’s Comprehensive Plan. As Poulsbo evolves to meet the needs of a growing and changing population, having a pipeline to higher education close to home will be a…	2015-02-02
Experts say Scott Walker’s plan would shut door to UW for low-income students	Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to slash $300 million in funding from the University of Wisconsin and in return for greater autonomy would make it make it harder for low-income and minority students to go to college there, said affiliates of WISCAPE (Wisconsin Center on the Advancement of Post-…	2015-02-02
Time and Money	It may make sense to move beyond the Carnegie unit, but where should we go? This is the question at the heart of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s new report, The Carnegie Unit, on which Inside Higher Ed reported this week.	2015-01-30
Obama proposal to tax college accounts worries GET director	A proposal by the Obama administration to eliminate the tax benefits of college savings accounts would be “devastating” for Washington’s program, called Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) as well as those run by other states, the GET program’s director said.	2015-01-26
Reassessing Faculty Assessment	Most professors’ workloads don’t look like they did even 10 years ago, but institutions still largely evaluate faculty members by the age-old teaching-scholarship-service model. So what would happen if faculty members were assessed for the work they actually did, rather than by a system that…	2015-01-26
The Day the Purpose of College Changed	The governor had bad news: The state budget was in crisis, and everyone needed to tighten their belts. High taxes threatened "economic ruin," said the newly elected Ronald Reagan. Welfare stood to be curbed, the highway patrol had fat to trim. Everything…	2015-01-26
Students now pay more of their public university tuition than state governments	It used to be that attending a public university all but guaranteed graduating with little to no debt. State governments funneled enough money into higher education that families could send their kids to a local school without worrying about taking out a second mortgage or private loans to pay…	2015-01-23
State at critical crossroads, Inslee tells split lawmakers	Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday used his State of the State address to double down on his sweeping budget proposals to spend more on education and transportation, and to tax carbon pollution and capital gains. In his annual speech to a joint session of the state House and…	2015-01-14
Senate Republicans pass two-thirds rule on first day of session	Republicans in the state Senate opened the 2015 legislative session Monday by making it harder to pass taxes in the Legislature’s upper chamber, potentially presenting a challenge to Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee’s idea to tax carbon pollution and capital gains. The Senate approved a rule…	2015-01-13

Moody's assigns A1 to Western Washington University

Moody's Investors Service assigns a A1 rating to Western Washington University's (WWU) expected issuance of $14.7 million of fixed-rate Housing and Dining System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2015. At this time we are also affirming the existing A1 ratings on all existing Bonds.

2015-02-02

Seed for rebirth of Viking Avenue

Poulsbo City Councilman Ed Stern said the “college town” concept for Viking Avenue will be discussed during revision of the city’s Comprehensive Plan.

As Poulsbo evolves to meet the needs of a growing and changing population, having a pipeline to higher education close to home will be a…

2015-02-02

Experts say Scott Walker’s plan would shut door to UW for low-income students

Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to slash $300 million in funding from the University of Wisconsin and in return for greater autonomy would make it make it harder for low-income and minority students to go to college there, said affiliates of WISCAPE (Wisconsin Center on the Advancement of Post-…

2015-02-02

Time and Money

It may make sense to move beyond the Carnegie unit, but where should we go? This is the question at the heart of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s new report, The Carnegie Unit, on which Inside Higher Ed reported this week.

2015-01-30

Obama proposal to tax college accounts worries GET director

A proposal by the Obama administration to eliminate the tax benefits of college savings accounts would be “devastating” for Washington’s program, called Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) as well as those run by other states, the GET program’s director said.

2015-01-26

Reassessing Faculty Assessment

Most professors’ workloads don’t look like they did even 10 years ago, but institutions still largely evaluate faculty members by the age-old teaching-scholarship-service model. So what would happen if faculty members were assessed for the work they actually did, rather than by a system that…

2015-01-26

The Day the Purpose of College Changed

The governor had bad news: The state budget was in crisis, and everyone needed to tighten their belts.

High taxes threatened "economic ruin," said the newly elected Ronald Reagan. Welfare stood to be curbed, the highway patrol had fat to trim. Everything…

2015-01-26

Students now pay more of their public university tuition than state governments

It used to be that attending a public university all but guaranteed graduating with little to no debt. State governments funneled enough money into higher education that families could send their kids to a local school without worrying about taking out a second mortgage or private loans to pay…

2015-01-23

State at critical crossroads, Inslee tells split lawmakers

Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday used his State of the State address to double down on his sweeping budget proposals to spend more on education and transportation, and to tax carbon pollution and capital gains.

In his annual speech to a joint session of the state House and…

2015-01-14

Senate Republicans pass two-thirds rule on first day of session

Republicans in the state Senate opened the 2015 legislative session Monday by making it harder to pass taxes in the Legislature’s upper chamber, potentially presenting a challenge to Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee’s idea to tax carbon pollution and capital gains.

The Senate approved a rule…

2015-01-13