The Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board reported on its blog today that the cost of a unit purchased in Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program has increased from $117 to $163. The changes to GET, the prepaid college tuition program, will affect units purchased since May 1 and will also affect families opening new accounts [...]
Even with a 4.0, UW says no
September 2, 2011 By
With budget cuts forcing education institutions to make difficult decisions, UW made the painful choice to accept fewer in-state students this coming year. Accepting out-of-state students means more income for the university, which has been under significant financial pressure since the state’s higher education budget was halved. Some local parents and students are outraged that [...]
Korsmo’s education news roundup for August 6th
August 6, 2011 By
This week’s round up finds me in Washington, D.C., “the other Washington,” (if you’re a Seattleite), where debt ceilings are made to be broken and brinksmanship has pushed bipartisanship under the bus. The old-school philosophy may be true – that Congress wasn’t broken by money, but by air conditioning. D.C. isn’t as livable in August [...]
Take action! Save Pell!
July 25, 2011 By
Today, supporters across the country are banding together for Save Pell Day — an online day of action to engage via blogs, Twitter, Facebook and other online tools to raise our voices in opposition to Pell funding cuts. This critical program that enables nearly 10 million students to attend college has a huge target on [...]
What Can I Do?: Teaching students how to advocate for themselves
July 25, 2011 By
Rashad Norris is the outreach director at Highline Community College. By teaching students how to advocate for themselves, Rashad is closing the education opportunity gap one student at a time. Are we really going to wait until he teaches each and every kid of color how to advocate for themselves to close the opportunity gap? [...]
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For-Profit Colleges See Huge Increase in Students, but Degrees… Not so much
July 5, 2011 By
Editors note: LEV intern Elliot Helmbrecht, with the help of Nikolas Raisis, Samantha Maloof, Eric Hopson and Lauren Brown bring to you a series of blog posts on the growth of the for-profit university industry. With the job market constantly in flux, more Americans are applying to colleges in hopes that a degree on their [...]
Korsmo’s education news roundup for July 1st
July 1, 2011 By
Right on time and as crisp as newly ironed sheets (as if I would know), your Ed news arrives just in time to keep you looking busy. A long weekend tempts even the most hardened of us work-a-day soldiers to lose focus. Not to worry. Focus up: Heading into a national holiday weekend celebrating all [...]
Last day to sign up for College Bound Scholarship
June 30, 2011 By
Today is the last day for 7th and 8th grade students to sign up for the College Bound Scholarship. Students from low-income families need to fill out this online application pledging to graduate from high school, demonstrate good citizenship, and seek admission to a college or university. Then the state of Washington will promise to [...]
Korsmo’s education news roundup for June 24th
June 24, 2011 By
It’s a Friday off for this intrepid writer, which can only mean one thing: I’m distracted by my son’s insistence that we play “Angry Birds” while I gather up your news. If you ever doubt that your kid can learn physics or geometry or sequencing at the age of five, download “Angry Birds.” Seriously. The [...]
Korsmo’s education news roundup for June 11th
June 11, 2011 By
