higher education
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| Evergreen lands $3 million Gates Foundation grant | The Evergreen State College Foundation, a nonprofit group that raises money and manages private donations for the college, has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
2011-07-20 | |
| Auditor: State paid UW for health services never delivered | The state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) paid the University of Washington more than $24,000 for health services that the UW never delivered, a state auditor's report has found. |
2011-07-20 | |
| Whatcom Community College may counter state cuts with higher tuition, reserves | Whatcom Community College is relying on tuition increases and reserve funds to balance its 2011-12 operating budget, after losing nearly $2.3 million in state funding, according to the draft budget. |
2011-07-20 | |
| Amid federal debt reduction talks, Pell grants still at risk | College students from low-income families have long relied on federal Pell grants to help pay for tuition. Earlier this year, $4 billion was slashed from the Pell budget. Republicans in the House, under a budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), but rejected by the Senate, would have slashed… |
2011-07-15 | |
| UC tuition hits $12,192 - a 9.6 percent increase | University of California regents voted Thursday to raise tuition by 9.6 percent - on top of an 8 percent increase already approved for this fall - over the objections of students who said they'll drown in debt. At the same meeting in San Francisco, the regents also gave large pay… |
2011-07-15 | |
| CSU tuition now twice 2007 cost | California State University trustees voted Tuesday to raise tuition by 12 percent this fall over the objections of protesters who said middle-class and undocumented students will be priced out of a college education. It is the second increase in less than a year, making this year's… |
2011-07-15 | |
| President Shepard offers report card on public higher ed in Washington | 2011-07-14 | ||
| UW regents set to approve largest-ever tuition increase | The University of Washington's Board of Regents is expected to approve an undergraduate, in-state tuition increase of 20 to 22 percent during Thursday's board meeting. |
2011-06-29 | |
| Obama Calls on University Research to Help Create Manufacturing Jobs | In a speech Friday morning at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, the president announced a $500-million endeavor through which universities and companies will be asked to develop innovations in manufacturing with the goal of expanding domestic employment. |
2011-06-27 | |
| Oregon Legislature adopts goal of seeing 40 percent of Oregonians have a college degree | The House voted 46-14 in favor of Senate Bill 253, which declares one mission of Oregon's education system is to ensure by 2025 that: 40 percent of all adult Oregonians have a bachelor's degree or higher, 40 percent have earned an associate's degree or post-secondary credential… |
2011-06-27 |