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 [...]
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Back on Track: Zero Proposed Cuts to Higher Ed
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 [...]
What is Happening in Olympia?
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 [...]
Want to learn more about SB 5576?
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 [...]
Seattle Times Editorial: Operational flexibility would help University of Washington
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
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Join Us: Six Presidents
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/
Seattle Times Editorial: More budget raids on higher education imperil the state’s future
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
A crisis is looming.
State cutbacks mean that there are fewer opportunities for students in Washington state to have access to an affordable, high-quality education.
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Sen. Derek Kilmer: “The state has been starving the goose that lays the golden egg.”
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