higher education
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| Funding for Washington colleges shouldn't be voluntary | The Legislature has already cut higher education funding by more than 30 percent in the past three years, and plan to cut even deeper during the special session. I challenge the governor and Legislature to make the changes that assure funding for higher education in Washington is not… |
2011-05-06 | |
| State needs to churn out more in-demand graduates | Over the past four years, Washington state has not made progress toward getting more students to earn degrees in high-demand fields, mostly because of the recession, according to a new report from the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
2011-04-21 | |
| Phoenicians make positive social change | It’s a quarter after 10 on a Saturday morning at the Red Onion Lounge. Mary Hart is shuffling through loose papers like a lawyer ready to defend the accused. Transient rays of sunlight creep in from the Cave Creek strip, spotlighting the Midwestern women’s red hair and steel-blue eyes. … |
2011-04-04 | |
| Search for president for UW intensifies | It's a plum job, one that comes with a mansion, tickets to Husky football and basketball games, the chance to get to work with some of the smartest people in the country, and all the prestige accorded the head of a major research university. |
2011-03-14 | |
| Educators: tear down these walls! | Education has long operated in silos, although to be fair any large sized entity - Microsoft or Boeing - tend to operate like that. So its good to see examples of the walls being breached and different groups learning to work together. Examples abound, including the Community Center for… |
2010-12-15 | |
| UW regents name Wise interim president | The University of Washington Board of Regents named Provost Phyllis Wise as interim president while a replacement is found for Mark Emmert. |
2010-07-09 |