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Wash.'s public universities talking money again

The Washington Legislature doesn't get back to work for about three months. But leaders of the state's public colleges and universities are beginning their fight for a share of dwindling state dollars.

On Wednesday, university presidents and student…

2010-10-20
UW drops lobbying for tuition-setting control

Interim-President Phyllis Wise took some faculty and student leadership by surprise in a Faculty Senate Executive Meeting report Monday, where she made it clear the UW would not pursue one of the strategies it most actively lobbied for last year — tuition-setting authority.
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2010-10-15
WWU groups rally against budget cuts, urge votes in favor of education

Western Washington University students and community members frustrated with budget cuts at colleges and universities are being urged to vote and make their voices and opinions heard.

About 100 people gathered in front of the university's Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Oct. 7,…

2010-10-08
WWU cuts funding to high-quality programs in response to continuing state reductions 2010-09-27
Legislature's waning support for higher education creates chasm for middle class

WASHINGTON state is losing the American dream that its citizens, regardless of their financial level, can go to college. I was raised in a single-parent family on welfare yet I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.

I have attended, worked for,…

2010-09-22
Initiative 1098 Pro: Tax would provide needed school and health care funding

We all know how important education is for our children and our state's future. We know how essential health care is for our communities. Yet we've been heading backwards on these priorities for years and the current recession is making things even worse.

Here in the Bellingham…

2010-09-21
Universities raise tuition, make cuts during crisis

In the face of prolonged budget cuts, Washington state's universities are cutting frills and charging students more.

2010-08-23
Higher education tuition hike is curbing access

When the Legislature gave the state's universities and colleges permission to raise tuition, lawmakers insisted it wouldn't reduce access to education.

2010-07-06
More than 70 attend WWU's May 18 budget forum 2010-05-19
Steve Swan discusses the 2010-2011 budget and today's forum on KGMI 790-AM's "PM Bellingham" show 2010-05-18
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