Reform Vs. Funding: Battle Shaping Up In Washington Legislature
OLYMPIA, Wash. – One of the key battles shaping up in Olympia this year is over education reform. The Senate’s new majority coalition is proposing a series of measures aimed at getting better results...
View ArticleFight Brewing Over College Bound Scholarship
OLYMPIA, Wash. – First it was Washington’s guaranteed tuition program. Now the new Majority Leader of the state senate has another college access program in his budget-cutting sights: College Bound....
View ArticleSupporters Of 'Tuition Equity' Pack Hearing Rooms In Salem
SALEM, Ore. – Supporters of a bill to allow some undocumented students to qualify for in-state tuition rates packed several hearing rooms at the Oregon Capitol Wednesday. They refer to the legislation...
View ArticleNot Many Undocumented Students Expected To Use In-State Tuition
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon House has approved a controversial bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to qualify for in-state college tuition rates. Supporters called Friday’s vote historic. But...
View ArticleUniversities Say Research Funding Cuts May Bring Job Cuts
The Northwest's public universities pull in massive amounts of federal research dollars. It totaled $1 billion last year at the University of Washington. Oregon State University won close to $200...
View ArticleWashington Senate Majority Wants More Higher Ed Funding
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The mostly Republican majority in the Washington state Senate want to spend an extra $300 million on higher education. Tuesday, Republican budget-writers unveiled a plan that would...
View ArticleOregon Board Hikes Tuition For College Students
Oregon college students can expect to pay more for their education next fall. The state Board of Higher Education on Friday approved a series of tuition increases at Oregon's eight public university...
View ArticleWashington Lawmakers Underfund Promise Of 'Real Hope' And 'Dreams'
The state of Washington could soon become the fourth in the nation -- after California, Texas and New Mexico -- to allow the children of illegal immigrants to qualify for state-funded college financial...
View ArticleHigh Enrollment At Idaho's Largest University Brings 'Bottleneck' Problem
The head of Idaho's largest university said state support has lagged behind the surge in enrollment in recent years.
View ArticleOregon Senate Approves Tuition Waiver Program
Oregon students could soon have an easier time paying for community college. The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would waive tuition for some high school graduates.
View ArticleNew WSU President From Kansas State University
The man who has been offered the presidency of Washington State University is a chemical engineer and an Eagle Scout, and the current president of Kansas State University . “The opportunity to come in...
View ArticleOregon Governor Urges Higher Education Panel To Scrutinize Tuition Increases
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is leaning on the state's public college and universities to curb tuition increases .
View ArticleBill Would Require Oregon Universities To Explain Administration Needs, Cost...
Do Oregon’s public universities need to hire more administrators? If so, they’ll have to explain why—if the governor signs into law a bill the state Senate passed Wednesday.
View ArticleEnrollment Drops At Evergreen State College, Hiring Freeze Coming
The Evergreen State College in Olympia begins this school year with a drop in enrollment and an imminent hiring freeze. The conservative blogosphere is crowing that it's fallout from recent campus...
View ArticlePrivatizing Oregon's Largest Universities Would Be 'Complex'
What would it look like if Oregon’s largest public universities fell into private control? It’s an idea that surfaced recently as a possible way to save the state money. But the people who floated the...
View ArticleFew Universities In Northwest Keep Track Of Student Suicides
The Associated Press is reporting today that of the 100 largest public universities in the country, more than half don’t keep track of student suicides . That includes the University of Oregon, which...
View ArticleWashington state lawmakers want to save seat at budget table for free college
The question hanging over the Washington state Legislature this winter isn’t so much what laws will pass, but how they’ll be funded. Behind the biggest policy goal — a bipartisan push for mental health...
View ArticleWashington state lawmakers want you to save for college — and they're willing...
Drastic increases to the cost of college have discouraged many families from saving for their child’s tuition — or even thinking of it as a possibility. But some state lawmakers think that could change...
View ArticleMacKenzie Scott lists $1.7 billion in donations since divorce from Amazon's...
Multiple nonprofits and universities that received large gifts this month from Seattle billionaire MacKenzie Scott are describing the donations as "transformative." Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder...
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