Thursday, January 20, 2011

Questions about cuts to colleges?

As you might have noticed, the House Higher Education Committee is under new leadership this session. Rep. Larry Seaquist was named chair in December and has since then been working with members to take a fresh look at university funding and issues.

To start the 2011 session, the committee has done a series of informative overviews of various issues affecting our state's higher education system -- which began back in the 1860's. These sessions on higher education's impact on the economy, a look at who is attending college, and other topics can be found archived at TVW.

The Seattle Times has taken an interest in higher education, with a review of the proposed budget cuts to higher education in yesterday's paper: The Budget Breakdown - Trimming higher ed may erode job opportunities

Today they're going a step further and hosting an online chat to answer questions about the cuts and what impacts they'll have. Reporter Katherine Long will be starting that at 1 p.m. today.

You can join in here: Education - Live chat about higher education in Wash. state

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