The certified master's degree costs 80% less than the on-campus degree. The move is described as revolutionary and will cause other universities to consider how to match it.

It's not a stingy legislature that is crippling the famous university. It's huge administrative costs and the devotion, above all, to multiculturalism.

"We've lost hundreds of faculty and approximately 20 percent in my department.The students understand how desperate the situation is and faculty appreciate what students have done here."

In the past five years, only college grads have seen a growth in job opportunities.

 A Central Washington trustee dissects state budgets, pointing out that CWU serves 10,000 students but only gets state funding for 8,808.

Regents at the University of Texas, backed by Gov. Perry and conservative think tanks, want to make such research universities much cheaper, much more oriented toward vocational courses, and much more online.

The federal government has already raised concerns about whether complaints are being taken seriously.