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- Washington education expert predicts future work-force shortage
- BREMERTON — Too few young people in Washington are earning college degrees, and if nothing is done the state will suffer big social costs, including increased incarceration, warns a top education leader...
- Don't ditch the WSA
- In this state of economic turmoil and budget-crunching, the student voice has become more important than ever...
- Fighting for representation
- "I'm embarrassed by what we have done to higher education," Sen. Ed Murray, D-43rd District, said. "It's not a priority for many of my colleagues, and that's hard to explain."..
- Keep lawmakers accountable for tuition rates
- One of the most controversial issues in higher education this year is who should be setting tuition levels, the state Legislature or the universities' governing boards. This year both the House and the Senate took up several bills attempting to address this issue, from Sen. Ken Jacobsen's unfettered local control to Rep. Deb Wallace's strengthening of the performance agreement process. The bill that has survived is Sen. Derek Kilmer's SB 6562...
- Chopp Sits Down With UW Students to Discuss Higher Ed Funding
- Following Saturday's town hall in the 43rd district, House Speaker Frank Chopp (D-43) sat down with students from the University of Washington — who had shown up in full force to make the case for higher ed funding — and deflected their assault by laying out a "How To" guide to save the UW, which faces serious financial problems this year...
- How Washington can stimulate a quicker economic recovery
- WASHINGTON'S community and technical colleges are bursting at the seams. This fall they enrolled 267,000 students, marking the third straight year of record-breaking enrollments...
- Families, students and taxpayers must maintain tuition accountability
- As the chair of the House Higher Education Committee in the Washington Legislature, it is my responsibility to ensure that students, families and taxpayers have a strong voice when it comes to education funding, access and accountability...
- Op-Ed: Governor's Proposed Budget Imperils State Need Grants, Could Push College Education Out of Reach
- While the media and legislative focus has been on tuition, the real student issue of the 2010 legislative session is the suspension of the state need grant, and other need and merit based financial aid programs crucial to maintaining accessibility at our state universities. There is a laundry list of critical financial aid programs that have been slated to be suspended in the Governor's budget. With the media focus on tuition control, students are concerned that the suspension of these popular programs has fallen off the radar...
- UW leaders donate 5% of salary to university
- Members of the UW's leadership announced yesterday that they are planning to contribute a 5-percent portion of their salaries to student scholarships and academic programs in order to provide additional financial support to the university in the current economic climate...
- Report spells out tuition increases under Senate bill
- Wondering what all this talk of tuition-setting authority means in terms of the price tag on education? Senate Committee Services released a report Monday that lays out possible future tuition rates under the maximum-limit provisions of SB 6562...
- UW students rally in Olympia to support higher ed
- Students awash in purple gathered on the Capitol steps in Olympia Friday, calling for lawmakers to resist further cuts to higher education and to protect financial aid...
- Legislature weighs giving up control over university tuition hikes
- A proposal to allow the state's public universities to raise tuition without the Legislature's approval is gaining momentum in Olympia. The University of Washington and Washington State University, in particular, have long wanted to set their own undergraduate tuition rates but have been rebuffed by lawmakers who've wanted to retain that power...
- Legislative reception held to rally support against financial-aid cuts
- In response to the hits to financial aid proposed in Gov. Christine Gregoire's 2010 supplemental budget, student activism was the prevailing theme of discussion between legislators, UW students, faculty and staff during the ASUW annual pre-session legislative reception on Wednesday...
- UW Students Organize Against Budget Cuts
- When Governor Christine Gregoire released her all-cuts budget on Wednesday, it was no surprise that it included cuts to higher education. However, the level of cuts — $20.9 million from the University of Washington and $146.4 million for the state Need Grant, which provides education funding to more than 12,000 students — are alarming, even to the pessimists...
- Gregoire, Dems say tax package will be in budget fix
- OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire and Democratic leaders in the state House and Senate on Thursday said they plan to propose a tax package next year to help close a $2.6 billion budget shortfall...
- Staff editorial: UW should prepare student renters
- The Daily published an article on Nov. 24 titled "Dwelling concerns," which discussed different ideas for educating students and helping them enforce landlord-tenant code in their area...
- UW student-lobbyists: No new cuts
- In light of a newly released Washington-state budget projection that shows a $2.6 billion shortfall, the main message that UW student-lobbyists will take with them to the upcoming legislative session in Olympia has become clear: No new cuts...
- Dwelling concerns
- Almost four years ago, a 39-year-old woman died after a fire occurred in a 13-bedroom duplex north of Northeast 55th Street on 16th Avenue Northeast. The residence had been zoned for single-family housing. The woman suffered burns over 60 percent of her body...
- Student health insurance now protected by Senate health-care bill
- A draft of the U.S. Senate health-care reform bill, also known as S. 1796, was missing a provision up until last week that addressed university-provided student health insurance, which would inhibit the ability of higher-education institutions nationwide to offer student health plans...
- Congress bill to increase government funds for student aid if passed
- The ASUW Senate plans to discuss a resolution today that supports a Congress bill that, if enacted, will take away federal subsidies from private lenders and allow the government to use the extra funds to increase grant money for students, among other education investments...
- A new way
- The ASUW is implementing a new program to put the students at the UW to work...