higher education
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| Red scare: In 1939, WWU president was dismissed after accusations of subversion | Seventy-five years ago this month, Charles Fisher served his last days as president of Washington State Normal School, in Bellingham. |
2014-08-18 | |
| President Shepard sends budget update to campus | 2014-08-14 | ||
| Primary results foreshadow more political stalemates at state Capitol | If Washington Democrats thought the primary election would show how close they were to retaking control of the state Senate, they were left disappointed. Tuesday’s election results, instead, showed Republicans how close they are to retaining a coalition majority in the state Senate, which is… |
2014-08-11 | |
| Western Washington University ranked 309th among top U.S. colleges | Western Washington University is No. 309 on Forbes magazine's annual list of America's top colleges. |
2014-08-04 | |
| State might not need a WSU medical school, some experts say | In 2006, alarmed that the nation’s medical schools were producing too few doctors, the Association of American Medical Colleges issued an urgent call for a 30 percent increase in slots for first-year medical students. |
2014-07-28 | |
| UW, WWU make list of best colleges to work for | Two of Washington’s public colleges have made a list of the 92 best colleges to work for in the country. Both the University of Washington and Western Washington University were on the “Great Colleges To Work For” list published by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The results come from… |
2014-07-24 | |
| Federal Loans Tough To Come By For Community College Students | Tuition and fees at most community colleges are pretty reasonable these days, about $3,500 a year. Which is why the vast majority of community college students don't take out loans to cover their costs. But, according to the Institute for College Access and Success, a non-profit advocacy… |
2014-07-18 | |
| Your voices: Students talk about experiences with for-profit colleges | Education Lab recently asked readers to share their experiences — positive or negative — with for-profit colleges and universities. The request was tied to news that Corinthian Colleges, which operates a handful of Washington schools under the name Everest College, was under investigation… |
2014-07-17 | |
| College, on Your Own | Nichele L. Pollock felt like she was moving through college in slow motion. In seven years, she had gotten about halfway through her bachelor’s degree. |
2014-07-15 | |
| Most with college STEM degrees go to work in other fields, survey finds | People with bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering and math are more likely than other college graduates to have a job, but most of them don’t work in STEM occupations, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Thursday. Nearly 75 percent of all holders of bachelor… |
2014-07-14 |