President Michael Young writes in the Huffington Post about how the sustainability challenges that society faces will be addressed in large measure by our nation’s colleges and universities.
Category: OP-ED
Editorial roundup
Here is a roundup from the past few months of newspaper editorials addressing higher education funding and related issues.
February 2012
- Seattle Times
Higher ed funding cuts endanger state economy
Feb. 1, 2012 - Tri-City Herald
Don’t turn GET program into a bait and switch
Feb. 3, 2012 - Union Bulletin
Legislature must increase state funding for higher education
Feb. 4, 2012 - The News Tribune
Lawmakers: Stop the bleeding of college opportunity
Feb. 5, 2012 - The Spokesman Review
State would prosper best with K-16 school plan
Feb. 5, 2012 - Seattle Times
Legislators must cut and reform first, then discuss a tax hike
Feb. 7, 2012 - Seattle Times
Education innovation: Washington’s ladder to long-term success
Feb. 9, 2012 - The News Tribune
Despite challenges, Washington’s universities are making progress
Feb. 12, 2012 - Seattle Times
Convert unneeded R&D tax break into investment in STEM university majors
Feb. 12, 2012
January 2012
- Seattle Times
Solving Washington state’s education and economy paradox
Jan. 4, 2012 - Seattle Times
Washington lawmakers, try these ideas for reforms
Jan. 6, 2012 - The News Tribune
Washington’s leaders flunk the higher education test
Jan. 12, 2012 - Seattle Times
UPenn report confirms state officials failed leadership on higher education
Jan. 13, 2012 - Wenatchee World
Higher education can’t keep up
Jan.13, 2012 - Yakima Herald
Will state’s leaders work to champion universities?
Jan. 21, 2012 - Seattle Times
President Obama should put rising tuition blame on state legislatures
Jan. 25, 2012 - Daily Record
Critical year for education in Olympia
Jan. 26, 2012 - Seattle Times
Give every Washington student an opportunity for success
Jan. 27, 2012 - Seattle Times
Losing kids on the path to prosperity
Jan. 29, 2012
December 2011
- Seattle Times
Lawmakers must protect education, ask for voter approval to save other programs
Dec. 2, 2011 - Tri-City Herald
Wulff’s costly departure raises issues of priorities
Dec. 4, 2011 - Seattle Times
Garfield High seniors to state: Don’t pawn off our future
Dec. 5, 2011 - Seattle Times
Education shouldn’t be dangled as tax bait
Dec. 16, 2011
November 2011
- The Olympian
College students can’t take too many more financial hits
Nov. 15, 2011 - Seattle Times
More budget raids on higher education imperil the state’s future
Nov. 18, 2011 - Seattle Times
Legislature must reform and invest in Washington’s education system
Nov. 18, 2011 - Everett Herald
A fight we can’t afford to lose
Nov. 20, 2011 - Seattle Times
Washington lawmakers must embrace true reform, compromise and, possibly, a modest sales tax increase to solve budget crisis
Nov. 25, 2011 - The News Tribune
New tax – or wrecking ball for schools and colleges?
Nov. 26, 2011 - The Spokesman Review
Editorial: Thoughtful cuts will ease the pain of budgeting
Nov. 27, 2011
The University of Washington working hard to keep college affordable in hard times
The Washington state Legislature has greatly reduced its financial support of the state’s higher-education institutions. University of Washington President Michael K. Young writes about how UW costs per student are kept well in hand, even if state cuts have prompted tuition increases.