tuition
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| Higher Ed coalition: Cuts hurt all of us | A new coalition embracing students, business leaders and educators has formed in a bid to stem plummeting state support for higher education, and soaring tuition at Washington colleges. |
2011-01-26 | |
| WWU prez: access to higher ed will get tighter under governor's plan | Washington parents who dream of sending their children to college someday probably are worrying about skyrocketing tuition. But lawmakers and university officials say they should turn their focus instead to the question of whether their kids will even get into a state university. … |
2011-01-20 | |
| 1 p.m. today: Live chat about higher education in Wash. state | Seattle Times higher education reporter Katherine Long will answer your questions at 1 p.m. on Thursday about how higher education is funded in Washington, what cuts have been made to date due to the budget shortfall, and what the impacts have been to the state's colleges and universities… |
2011-01-20 | |
| The Budget Breakdown: Trimming higher ed may erode job opportunities | Larger college classes? Fewer teaching assistants? Freezes in faculty salaries? |
2011-01-19 | |
| Gregoire wants just one state education agency | Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposal to create a single education department covering preschool through college, if approved by the Legislature, would make Washington one of the only states to put all those areas under a single umbrella. |
2011-01-06 | |
| Students to discuss paying for college at Jan. 12 event | 2011-01-05 | ||
| Gregoire calls for new education department | Gov. Chris Gregoire is proposing a new state Department of Education that would take over duties handled by the voter-elected state school superintendent. |
2011-01-05 | |
| Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranks WWU among 100 best values | 2011-01-05 | ||
| Lawmakers: Get radical about funding higher ed | There’s so much talk in Olympia right now about de-funding public colleges, it’s good to see some serious people figuring out how to fund them. The governor’s higher education funding task force – a group of business and higher ed leaders that’s been wrestling with the issue since July –… |
2011-01-05 | |
| All state parties must invest to move higher education forward | WASHINGTON'S four-year public universities should be allowed to set their own tuition rates, but no one, least of all legislators, should think tuition increases can make up for budget cuts. |
2011-01-05 |