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How painkillers and alcohol nearly killed a friendship and a college career

Posted Sat, Jan 28, 6:30 a.m.

A friend's battle with addiction and alcoholism leads to the ER -- and anger on the part of a friend who tried to help. But there's real strength in fighting every day to move forward rather than slip back toward another relapse.

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Can Mike Young save the UW?

Posted Tue, Jan 10, 2 a.m.

He's been dealt a bad hand, and he's keeping his cards close to his vest. But the new president may have the smarts and the steadiness to rebuild the finances of this critical institution.

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Green Acre Radio: Teaching sustainability to Seattle's student chefs

Posted Sat, Dec 17, 2 p.m.

A Seattle Central Community College program gives students a head start on getting with the seed to plate movement, food justice, and affordability.

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University of Oregon blows its innovation chance

Posted Tue, Dec 6, 2 a.m.

Aiming to rank among the academic elite, like the University of Washington, the U of O instead winds up writing how-not-to lesson plans for a tight budget era.

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Will Occupy find its voice?

Posted Thu, Dec 1, 2 a.m.

A Crosscut reporter who covered the Berkeley drama of Dec. 2, 1964, that made Mario Savio a leader of a similar movement wonders about the prospects for today's activist movement.

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Gregoire tax package deserves legislature's OK

Posted Mon, Nov 28, 2 a.m.

Will Republicans act on state needs or be hobbled by anti-tax pledges? Former GOP governors could make a difference on the side of responsible action.

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Penn State: Facing the lessons for all of us

Posted Thu, Nov 17, 2 a.m.

After the disillusionment, what do we do? That's what matters.

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Mentoring: how it made a real difference for a Seattle gang member

Posted Mon, Nov 14, 2 a.m.

A trailblazing national program born in the Northwest is gaining recognition for its mentoring seriously at-risk kids.

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Technology is creating virtual universities. Discuss.

Posted Wed, Oct 5, 2 a.m.

"Time is the Enemy" for a new generation of students, according to a recent report about how people are consuming higher education and drifting away from traditional colleges. If the ivied halls become too expensive or too inconvenient, how will they adapt?

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Losing ground in the research race

Posted Wed, Sep 28, 2 a.m.

A survey of our assets and their funding shows that we do not have a clear strategy and some key programs are being defunded. Here's a wake-up call about this most critical sector of our modern global economy.

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How sweet it is, atop the pyramid of academe

Posted Tue, Sep 6, 2 a.m.

As presidents and other top administrators step down to princely teaching posts, faculties with frozen salaries are outraged. Here are some examples of how the compensation game is played in our top universities.

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Cutting class: Community colleges see effects of state budget cuts

Posted Thu, Aug 18, 2 a.m.

Cuts to Seattle-area community colleges in the face of a contracted state budget may deal a major blow to the state's still-suffering economy.

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Education reform: the whole child left behind

Posted Tue, Aug 9, 2 a.m.

Too much of our focus on education reform misses a point: children aren't numbers. And the first step in dealing with the dropout issue is to connect with them.

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New leaders take the helms of key agencies boosting Washington trade

Posted Fri, Jul 15, 2 a.m.

The state's economy runs on international action, but trade still sometimes has a bad rap. There are also some tough challenges facing our ports.

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The Governor's race: Tough times, solid candidates

Posted Wed, Jul 6, 2 a.m.

Rob McKenna and Jay Inlsee bring skill, broad knowledge, and smarts to a gubernatorial campaign that will hinge on independent voters  both appeal to.

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Why the state keeps giving out foolish tax breaks

Posted Tue, Jun 7, 10:17 a.m.

Job growth is lagging, but we keep giving out tax incentives to encourage the hiring of workers, regardless of whether the measures actually work or not. One culprit: the silo effect.

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Emmert has chance to earn his higher-ed bucks

Posted Wed, Jun 1, 2 a.m.

The former University of Washington president is head of an organization that has to decide the athletic fate of one of the nation's top college-football programs. Ironically, the case involves Ohio State, which was the only public university paying a president more than what Emmert received at the UW.

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So the world didn't end? Consider this a second chance to really live

Posted Mon, May 23, 11:45 a.m.

Like any reminder of our mortality, predictions that the Last Days would begin this weekend should make us look anew at life and how we live it, both personally and as a society.

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What foreign students learn here often stays here

Posted Fri, May 20, 2 a.m.

Even if students return home, the positive impacts on the state of having many foreign students studying here are extensive and long term. We should do more to make those student years more valuable.

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Employer-focused training programs help economy of King County, state

Posted Thu, May 19, 2 a.m.

The best worker-training jobs provide benefits for everyone, and the larger economy of the state.

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Higher Ed Blog posts

Midday Scan: Commitment time for gay lovers? Bellevue raiding Seattle schools? Higher ed for Olympia's dullards

Posted Thu, Feb 2, 10:45 a.m.

No more excuses about marriage for some folks. Bellevue wants what Seattle has lost. Green jobs: not going according to the plan.

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UW graduation rates are right in the middle of peers

Posted Thu, Oct 27, 2 a.m. 2011

A gradual rise in graduation rates halted in the most recent statistics.

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Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region

Posted Fri, Sep 16, 11 a.m. 2011

In the news today: Washington's growing higher-ed problems, California tackles its own college conundrums, unbricking the Elwha dams, joblessness grows in Everett and, for a little comic relief, Stan Boreson gets naked.

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Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region

Posted Fri, Sep 9, 11 a.m. 2011

Rumbles on the waterfront; another case of Portland-envy; dubious distinction time for Washington colleges; Rose City roses for Obama's speech; and a study puts tolls on 520 under another cloud.

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The Gates that got away

Posted Tue, Sep 6, 8:52 p.m. 2011

Bob Gates, despite some courting by the U.W., settles for a genial post at William & Mary College. Would he have been what the doctor ordered for the Huskies?

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The tooth fairy arrives to rescue public education

Posted Mon, Jun 13, 2:27 p.m. 2011

Must be campaign season. We have politicians promising quality learning and lower taxes.

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McKenna attacks state's cuts to higher education

Posted Sat, Apr 16, 11:32 a.m. 2011

Rob McKenna, a likely candidate for the 2012 Republican nomination as governor, criticized both parties for Olympia's weakening support of the state's universities.

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State Senate's budget: strong process, weaker results

Posted Thu, Apr 14, 2 a.m. 2011

Bipartisanship held sway. But the Senate was starting from an unnecessarily bad position.

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Lots of talk about the problems of cutting higher education

Posted Tue, Apr 12, 2 a.m. 2011

But will any of the talk protect the state's college students from more Olympia cuts?

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GOP in West eager to force colleges to allow gun-toting students

Posted Mon, Apr 11, 2 a.m. 2011

A bill to allow guns on campuses died in the Idaho Senate but a number of other states are looking at joining the frenzy. It's all about bullying higher education's learning communities and catering to the NRA's desires.

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NYT: International students paying big bucks for the UW The NYT reports, "This is the University of Washington’s new math: 18 percent of its freshmen come from abroad, most from China. Each pays tuition of $28,059, about three times as much as students from Washington State. And that, according to the dean of admissions, is how low-income Washingtonians — more than a quarter of the class — get a free ride."

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Peter Callaghan: UW Tacoma has 3 designs for a trail, all troublesome In its planning for reuse of its part of an old rail line that runs through campus, the university is disrespecting both history and the purpose of a trail.

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Washington's university presidents fear a coming brain drain The Seattle Times reports, "Cutbacks to higher education are causing a brain drain at Washington public universities, and the state is gaining a national reputation for the severity of cuts, the presidents of Washington's six four-year higher-education institutions said Wednesday."

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Higher-ed cuts imperil UW faculty retention King5.com reports, "The University of Washington has long relied on its reputation for excellence in education and research. But that reputation could soon be at risk."

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Washington university presidents deride Obama on tuition hikes The Seattle Times reports, "The presidents of Washington's three largest universities say President Barack Obama should be talking to state governments about college tuition, not complaining to them."

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