Rep. Reuven Carlyle (edited from his blog) ….. Recently I find myself looking at the large scale structural issue in higher education with a recognition and acknowledgement that despite my private protests governance does matter. But I don’t mean governance in the Olympia sense of whether to[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mission’
January 8th, 2011 - 6:40 pm § in Misc.
For Profit Universities: a view from Harvard’s Crimson
Crimson Editorial Staff The evidence against for-profit colleges has been piling up for months, and it is disheartening that all the federal government has offered in response is pontification and paper. The schools have seen a surge in popularity, and the General Accounting Office estimates their e[...]
January 7th, 2011 - 9:53 am § in Misc.
Tim Eyman: 1053 Requires that Legislators Set Tuition.
from Sound Politics: Eyman claims that the UW raising tuition is now against the law. There’s nothing wrong with public colleges and public universities recommending/asking the Legislature for certain tuition increases, but with I-1053, there must be a bill listing the specific tuition incre[...]
January 6th, 2011 - 3:56 pm § in Politics
What America COMPETES Act Means to the UW
This is a response to the question how the LameDuck passage of the America Competes act will affect the UW. from Jonathan Nurse, Assistant Director, Office of Federal Relations, UW America COMPETES Act Reauthorization The recently signed American COMPETES Act reauthorization allows for increases to [...]
January 6th, 2011 - 3:21 pm § in Misc.
Will Biotech Mean Jobs in Seattle?
Biotech is a major part of the hoped-for-future of Seattle. Is the promise real? Will there be jobs? No one knows more about this then Luke Timmerman, the Seattle based national biotech reporter for Xconomy, a news agency devoted to high technology. Like will talk at 9 AM, Tuesday the 18th o[...]
January 6th, 2011 - 11:59 am § in Uncategorized
Harvard President: Future of Harvard
An In-Depth Interview With Drew Faust, President of Harvard University Huffington Post.[...]
UW Senate: Future of The University of Washington
Bruce Balick is the former Chair of the Faculty Senate and currently Chairs the Senate Committee on Planning and Budgeting What follows is his committee’s recommendations to Provost Lidstrrom for how we should manage the budget crisis. I am struck by this document’s lack of priorities.[...]