Microsoft, Boeing pledge $50 million as tuitions set to shoot up (Seattle Times, June 6, 2011)
Higher Education Success and the Power of Partnership (Prosperity Partnership E-News, May 12, 2011)
Gregoire says she’ll sign bill letting schools set tuition (Seattle Times, May 10, 2011)
Lawmakers agree to let universities set tuition rates (Seattle Times, May 6, 2011)
Why straight-A’s may not get you into UW this year (Seattle Times, April 2, 2011)
Washington must chart a better way on higher education support (Seattle Times, February 20, 2011)
Editorial: Washington must invest in higher education (Spokesman-Review, February 19, 2011)
Higher ed lays golden eggs; don’t strangle it (News Tribune, January 30, 2011)
Guest Editorial: Challenging the Myths About Higher Ed Reform (Publicola, January 28, 2011)
Guest commentary — Higher education could get a boost in Central Washington (Yakima Herald, January 21, 2011)
The Budget Breakdown: Trimming higher ed may erode job opportunities (Seattle Times, January 19, 2011)
3-part strategy will mean more college graduates in state (The Columbian, January 16, 2011)
Editorial: Panel’s ideas for funding higher ed have merit (Spokesman-Review, January 9, 2011)
Lawmakers: Get radical about funding higher ed (News Tribune, January 5, 2011)
How To Pay For Higher Education: Tuition Hikes, Private Scholarships (KUOW, January 4, 2011)
All state parties must invest to move higher education forward (Seattle Times, January 4, 2011)
Higher ed task force calls for $1B aid endowment (The Olympian, January 3, 2011)
Higher ed task force has ideas for Wash. lawmakers (Seattle Times, January 3, 2011)
Panel says tuition flexibility, new endowment needed in higher ed (HeraldNet, January 3, 2011)
State task force says colleges, not Legislature, should set tuition (Seattle Times, January 3, 2011)
Higher Education
Quality education for all residents is essential in sustaining prosperity in the state and region. In 2010, Governor Gregoire convened a Higher Education Funding Task Force with the help of the Prosperity Partnership.
Chaired by Microsoft VP and Prosperity Partnership Co-Chair Brad Smith, the Task Force’s charge was to identify a plan to ensure the long-term sustainability and accountability of our state’s four-year higher education institutions.
Now that the Task Force has delivered its proposal, the Prosperity Partnership has mobilized to support these recommendations, as well as ensure that the state continues to invest in higher education in the upcoming biennial budget.