tuition
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| States looking at $0 community college tuition | Nothing sparks consumer demand like the word "free," and politicians in some states have proposed the idea of providing that incentive to get young people to attend community college. |
2014-03-18 | |
| Promises kept: You stay in school, we’ll cover college | If your family couldn’t afford to pay for college, would you stop trying to get good grades? Would you cease to aim high? Those questions, and the chilling implications they raise for low-income students, inspired an ambitious promise from Washington legislators in 2007: All seventh and… |
2014-03-11 | |
| The Rising Cost of Not Going to College | For those who question the value of college in this era of soaring student debt and high unemployment, the attitudes and experiences of today’s young adults—members of the so-called Millennial generation—provide a compelling answer. On virtually every measure of economic well-being and career… |
2014-02-18 | |
| Editorial: Tuition reform study must offer solutions | A renewed effort by Sen. Michael Baumgartner to get tuition increases at Washington public universities under control was turned back Friday, but there might be a thin silver lining to the rejection. The Spokane Republican had proposed a Debt-Free Degree Act that would have capped tuition… |
2014-02-11 | |
| State Senate approves ‘Dream Act’ | The state Senate on Friday passed legislation that would allow financial aid for students who were illegally brought to the United States as children. The vote was 35 to 10. Senate Bill 6523 now goes to the House, which has already passed a bill that does the same thing. |
2014-02-03 | |
| Agreement reached in state Senate for passage of ‘Dream Act’ | Washington edged closer Thursday to helping undocumented immigrants pay for college when leaders of the Republican-led Senate majority ended their opposition to allowing the students to receive state financial aid. |
2014-01-31 | |
| New version of Dream Act would also grant veterans resident tuition | House Democrats released a new proposal earlier this week to try and push the state Senate to approve the provisions of the Dream Act, which would give children of undocumented immigrants access to state financial aid. |
2014-01-30 | |
| Legislative Update: Start of 2014 session | 2014-01-15 | ||
| House passes Dream Act, fate up to Senate | The state House of Representatives, on a bipartisan first-day vote Monday, passed the Washington Dream Act, which would make undocumented students eligible to apply for state grant money to attend college. |
2014-01-14 | |
| New prepaid tuition season opens; good deal for some, not all | As Washington's prepaid tuition program opens its doors to new investors Friday, parents may wonder if it's a good way to save for college. |
2013-10-31 |