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Analysis: WWU most efficient school of type in PNW 2015-02-26
Shepard: WWU can’t keep up high marks for quality if state continues to cut funding

Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard said the school won’t be able to continue delivering high quality education if the state continues to cut funding, despite a ranking last month that said Western was one of the top regional universities at doing so.

A ranking from U.S…

2015-02-26
Close loophole and college can be affordable

If you had a child at the University of Washington at the beginning of the Great Recession, you may have been set back by the tuition. In the 2008-09 academic year it was $7,254 (in today's dollars), almost one-fifth of a full time job paid at the median wage.

2015-02-25
Washington lawmakers propose cutting, capping college tuition

Wouldn’t it be great if college tuition were cheaper in Washington state?

Sens. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor, and John Braun, R-Centralia, introduced a bill Thursday, Feb. 12, that could make that happen, but the cutback comes with a more than $220 million price…

2015-02-13
Students now pay more of their public university tuition than state governments

It used to be that attending a public university all but guaranteed graduating with little to no debt. State governments funneled enough money into higher education that families could send their kids to a local school without worrying about taking out a second mortgage or private loans to pay…

2015-01-23
Free college? We’re already doing it

Free college? That’s crazy talk.

That’s how President Obama’s idea to make community college free was greeted by many last week. It’s too costly, some Republicans said. It’s an undeserved handout. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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2015-01-12
Governor releases proposed budget 2014-12-19
Inslee backs smaller class sizes for grades K-3, teacher raises

Gov. Jay Inslee rolled out highlights of his education budget Monday, saying he wants to reduce average class sizes in kindergarten through third grade, pay for all-day public kindergarten and reinstate cost-of-living raises for teachers that the voters approved years ago.
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2014-12-16
Colleges offer to freeze tuition, but only if they get more state funding

Washington’s public four-year colleges and universities would agree to freeze tuition for another two years if the state Legislature increases college funding by 16 percent, the presidents of those institutions said Thursday.

That 16 percent, which would total $198 million, would also…

2014-12-12
Inslee signs bills to help veterans with college, other services

Gov. Jay Inslee signed several measures into law Wednesday that aim to help veterans in Washington state.

One new law will automatically award veterans and their family members in-state tuition at Washington’s public colleges and universities. State law normally requires students to live…

2014-04-03
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