WSU has a half-page, full-color, advertisement promoting its proposed medical school on page A6 of the Sunday, Nov. 16, 014, edition of the Seattle Times. The ad features a photo of a smiling woman doctor examining a little girl with a stethoscope under the headline, “Washington needs more doc[...]
Posts Tagged ‘WSU’
November 16th, 2014 - 9:51 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Who Paid For $unday’s Seattle Times Ad Promoting WSU Medical School?
How UW Faculty Ought to Vote in This Election
As we approach the last day to mail ballots, I am struck by the lack of participation of the University of Washington faculty in the 2014 election. That lack is probably reflected in the fact that few of our issues have come to be discussed by the candidates. I assume most faculty fully support the [...]
October 14th, 2014 - 9:45 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Spokane City Council Endorses WSU’s Medical School Scheme
The Spokane City Council has endorsed WSU’s plan to part ways with a UW-run program that trains doctors for 5 states and ask the Legislature for startup money for a new medical school in Spokane, the Pacific Northwest Inlander reported tonight. UW Medical School has proposed adding capacity to[...]
October 7th, 2014 - 8:40 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
The UW vs the WSU: a view from Pullman
Linda Chalker Scott: Associate Professor and Extension Urban Horticulturist What’s the most disappointing about WSU’s pursuit of a medical school is that at the same time it continues to diminish its statewide presence in Extension. Over the last several years WSU has cut county funding to Exten[...]
October 5th, 2014 - 12:00 pm § in Schools & Colleges
War of Washington’s Medical School(s): WSU will be divorced from WWAMI .
The University of Washington and Washington State University declare war. After WSU decided two weeks ago to launch its own medical school, UW and WSU have announced that WSU will be divorced from the WWAMI program. This is a disaster for Washington state students who want to attend medical schoo[...]
Not so “shared governance” at WSU?
Washington State U. Defies AAUP Chapter With Budget Cuts December 17, 2010, 2:45 pm Washington State University officials have moved ahead with $13.5-million in budget cuts over the objections of that institution’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, which protested that [...]