higher education

The governing board for Washington State University doesn’t intend to reveal the names of candidates for that university’s top job before appointing a new president next year, an official heading the college’s national search process says.

Michael C. Worthy, a member of the WSU Board of…

Former longtime Whatcom Community College President Harold Heiner died Saturday, Oct. 17, at the age of 76 after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Heiner was instrumental in creating a central campus for WCC during his 24 years as president. Family and former colleagues say he will be…

Officials at Iowa’s smallest public university are seeking a new peer group to compare the institution against academically, fiscally and administratively.

For more than 20 years, the University of Northern Iowa has bench-marked itself against a group of 10 largely regional public…

Breaking a long-standing tradition of picking outsiders to lead the University of Washington, the Board of Regents on Tuesday chose longtime UW professor and administrator Ana Mari Cauce as the university’s next president.

Cauce, a 29-year employee who climbed the university’s ranks from…

Last month, the Washington state Supreme Court determined that charter schools are ineligible to receive public school funds under the 1889 state constitution.
Upholding precedent from a century ago, the court determined that because charter schools “are run by an appointed board…

Definitely the highlight of the entire project, the fitness center portion of the new Whatcom Pavilion is the area most anticipated by most WCC students. No longer will the entire WCC community need to cram into a 600-square-foot workout room or go elsewhere to get in their weight training and…

When Whatcom Community College students began raising the idea of expanding and improving the Whatcom Pavilion 10 to 15 years ago, it was because there simply was not enough space. Now that the $13 million project is nearing completion and the Pavilion is nearly twice as large, it seemly has…

Washington educators who teach students from abroad were deeply saddened by the news that students in North Seattle College’s international program were involved in the deadly accident on the Aurora Bridge Thursday.

“It’s just been horrible,” said Andrea Insley, executive director of…

In high school, everyone finds their own path. For me, that path took an early turn down the road to college. In Washington state, that path is called Running Start, and for me, it was one of the greatest decisions I’ve ever made.

I didn’t stop there, though. I combined Running Start with…