Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
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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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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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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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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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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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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Posted Thu, Nov 17, 2 a.m.
After the disillusionment, what do we do? That's what matters.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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No more excuses about marriage for some folks. Bellevue wants what Seattle has lost. Green jobs: not going according to the plan.
MOREPosted Thu, Oct 27, 2 a.m. 2011
A gradual rise in graduation rates halted in the most recent statistics.
MOREPosted 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.
MOREPosted 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.
MOREPosted 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?
MOREPosted Mon, Jun 13, 2:27 p.m. 2011
Must be campaign season. We have politicians promising quality learning and lower taxes.
MOREPosted 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.
MOREPosted Thu, Apr 14, 2 a.m. 2011
Bipartisanship held sway. But the Senate was starting from an unnecessarily bad position.
MOREPosted Tue, Apr 12, 2 a.m. 2011
But will any of the talk protect the state's college students from more Olympia cuts?
MOREPosted 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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