Washington Coverage

UW promises 5,600 full scholarships for needy students
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
More low-income students will receive full scholarships from the University of Washington this fall under its new Husky Promise program.
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Scholarships bring UW, WSU within closer reach
The News Tribune
At $6,367 for a full year’s tuition and fees, the University of Washington is still a relative bargain in the collegiate world. But that’s not saying very much.
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UW promises to fund tuition, fees for school's poorest students
Seattle Times
The low-income students attending the University of Washington will never be required to pay tuition or fees — guaranteed.
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5,000 to get free UW tuition: Low-income in-state students at all 3 campuses will be eligible
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Students from low-income homes will be able to attend the University of Washington free under an ambitious scholarship program the university intends to launch
next year.
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Husky Promise offers a leg up for college
The News Tribune
The University of Washington is making a bold and perhaps calculated statement that money should not be a barrier to students’ college aspirations.
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National Coverage

New Approach to Aid
Inside Higher Education
The University of Washington is putting a different twist on a growing movement to stop charging low-income students to enroll at leading public universities.
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Needy Students to Get Free Ride at U. of Washington Starting Next Year
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The program, slated to start in 2007, would give a free ride to as many as 5,000 students on the university’s three campuses, and it would be guaranteed, regardless of the size of tuition increases.
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The College Admissions Game: Paving a Path for Poor Students'
College Dreams
National Public Radio
UW President Mark Emmert started a program called Husky Promise. Beginning this fall, low- and moderate-income students will receive free tuition at the state's premier public institution.
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Editorials

College opportunity for the poor: A sure bet
The News Tribune
The University of Washington adopts the "Husky Promise", making it possible for students, whose family income is below 65 percent of the state's median, to not have to pay tuition or fees.
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Big ideas? Here's one
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Husky Promise, a new initiative from the University of Washington, guarantees free tuition and fees for low- and middle-income residents who make the grade academically. Children from a family of four with an annual income of $46,500 or less would qualify.
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Student Tuition: Husky promise
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In making a major promise to low- and middle-income residents, the University of Washington is acting to keep itself a public institution for the whole state. For everyone, it's a good deal.
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