UW Impact http://www.uwimpact.org Informed Advocates of the University of Washington Wed, 16 May 2012 17:39:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Legislature Passes Budget With No Cuts To Higher Education http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/04/legislature-passes-budget-with-no-cuts-to-higher-education/ http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/04/legislature-passes-budget-with-no-cuts-to-higher-education/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:38:25 +0000 acitelli http://www.uwimpact.org/?p=1255 On April 11, 2012, the state legislators passed a budget that contains NO CUTS to higher education.  Legislators on both sides of the aisle agreed: preserving state funding for higher education is critical to the long-term health and vitality of our state.

Thank you, advocates.  Your commitment to advocating for the UW made a real difference.

Read more about it in The Daily article: http://dailyuw.com/news/2012/apr/11/legislature-passes-budget-no-cuts-higher-education/

]]> http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/04/legislature-passes-budget-with-no-cuts-to-higher-education/feed/ 0 Back on Track: Zero Proposed Cuts to Higher Ed http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/03/back-on-track-zero-proposed-cuts-to-higher-ed/ http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/03/back-on-track-zero-proposed-cuts-to-higher-ed/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:33:59 +0000 acitelli http://www.uwimpact.org/?p=1252 Your advocacy is working: the two most recent versions of the state budget contain ZERO additional cuts to higher education.  Read more about the “compromise budget” here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2017757250_republicans_and_democrats_agre.html

Our work is not finished, however: these budgets are still in various stages of negotiation.  Contact your legislators today to ask them to hold fast to the no-education-cuts budget.

]]> http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/03/back-on-track-zero-proposed-cuts-to-higher-ed/feed/ 0 What is Happening in Olympia? http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/03/what-is-happening-in-olympia/ http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/03/what-is-happening-in-olympia/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:41:24 +0000 acitelli http://www.uwimpact.org/?p=1249 Into the early hours of Saturday morning, Senate budget negotiations took an unexpected turn in Olympia.  The resulting proposal is detrimental to higher education and the UW.

The new Senate budget proposal contains $30 million in cuts to higher education – cuts that disproportionately affect the UW and WSU.  This budget proposes a reduction in tuition waivers that could eliminate financial aid for up to 1000 Washington state students attending UW.

Read more about the dramatic budget negotiations here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017660218_olympia04m.html

Click “Take Action” above to send an automated message to your legislators with just one click, or call the legislative hotline at 800.562.6000 and tell your legislators to RESTORE  funding for higher education.

 

]]> http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/03/what-is-happening-in-olympia/feed/ 0 Want to learn more about SB 5576? http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/want-to-learn-more-about-sb-5576/ http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/want-to-learn-more-about-sb-5576/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:32:29 +0000 acitelli http://www.uwimpact.org/?p=1246 In the face of budget cuts, some common-sense legislative reforms would allow the UW to operate more efficiently and to have flexibility in its business practices. Senate Bill 5576 would REDUCE the costs of campus construction projects for the UW, creating much-needed jobs and allowing UW to provide the labs, classrooms and other learning environments so critical to our quality of education.  Bottom line: it reduces bureacracy and offers the UW (and WSU!) flexibility at a time when universities must operate as efficiently as possible.

You can read more about SB 5576 in the official bill report here:

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5576-S2%20SBR%20APS%2012.pdf

]]> http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/want-to-learn-more-about-sb-5576/feed/ 0 Seattle Times Editorial: Operational flexibility would help University of Washington http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/seattle-times-editorial-operational-flexibility-would-help-university-of-washington/ http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/seattle-times-editorial-operational-flexibility-would-help-university-of-washington/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:57:39 +0000 acitelli http://www.uwimpact.org/?p=1234 UW Impact in The Seattle Times: Instead of more cuts, the state should enact common-sense reforms to allow the UW to better manage its investments and business operations.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2017572521_guest23sketchley.html

]]> http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/seattle-times-editorial-operational-flexibility-would-help-university-of-washington/feed/ 0 Follow UW Impact on Facebook and Twitter. http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/follow-uw-impact-on-facebook-and-twitter/ http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/follow-uw-impact-on-facebook-and-twitter/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:38:06 +0000 acitelli http://www.uwimpact.org/?p=1219 If you’re visiting us here, you’ll want to visit us there too. We send timely messages, articles and action alerts. Like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter – @uwimpact.

]]> http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/follow-uw-impact-on-facebook-and-twitter/feed/ 0 Join Us: Six Presidents http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/join-us-six-presidents/ http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/join-us-six-presidents/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:12:58 +0000 acitelli http://www.uwimpact.org/?p=1210 All six of Washington’s public university presidents in one place? You bet. Tonight, 2/1, they will discuss the higher ed funding crisis and how it affects our state. Please join us at Town Hall for this unprecedented event.

http://townhallseattle.org/six-presidents-an-unprecedented-conversation-on-higher-education-funding-in-washington/

]]> http://www.uwimpact.org/2012/02/join-us-six-presidents/feed/ 0 Seattle Times Editorial: More budget raids on higher education imperil the state’s future http://www.uwimpact.org/2011/11/seattle-times-editorial-more-budget-raids-on-higher-education-imperil-the-states-future/ http://www.uwimpact.org/2011/11/seattle-times-editorial-more-budget-raids-on-higher-education-imperil-the-states-future/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:15:20 +0000 acitelli http://www.uwimpact.org/?p=1205 Washington lawmakers imperil the economic health and welfare of the state if they further erode support for community and technical colleges and universities. The key word is capacity, in all of its meanings.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2016797288_edit20highered.html

 

]]> http://www.uwimpact.org/2011/11/seattle-times-editorial-more-budget-raids-on-higher-education-imperil-the-states-future/feed/ 0 A crisis is looming. http://www.uwimpact.org/2011/11/slider-1/ http://www.uwimpact.org/2011/11/slider-1/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:10:17 +0000 uwimpact http://www.uwimpact.org/?p=102 » Take Action Now
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]]> http://www.uwimpact.org/2011/11/slider-1/feed/ 0 Sen. Derek Kilmer: “The state has been starving the goose that lays the golden egg.” http://www.uwimpact.org/2011/11/sen-derek-kilmer-the-state-has-been-starving-the-goose-that-lays-the-golden-egg/ http://www.uwimpact.org/2011/11/sen-derek-kilmer-the-state-has-been-starving-the-goose-that-lays-the-golden-egg/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:18:17 +0000 acitelli http://www.uwimpact.org/?p=1149 Senator Derek Kilmer’s editorial in the 11/16 News Tribune points to the positive effects of state investment in higher education.  From economic development to jobs to keeping people out of prison, investment in higher education is a key component of a healthy Washington State.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/11/16/1908124/cuts-in-funding-not-salaries-are.html

 

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