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by Genevieve Huard · Published July 14, 2016 · Last modified June 10, 2019
By Jake Snell, YDWA Higher Education Caucus Chair With college affordability in the United States at a historic low and the burden on low income students extremely high, higher education is bound to attract...
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by Higher Education Caucus · Published November 22, 2015 · Last modified May 28, 2019
This blog post was written by Noah An, chair of the Higher Education Caucus. Back in August, I wrote about the tuition cuts that were greeting in-state college students here in Washington as they...
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by Melissa Boles · Published August 31, 2015 · Last modified May 28, 2019
Over the past five years, tuition at Washington’s four-year universities has increased 34%, and that’s adjusting for inflation. With a national average increase of 17%, Washington has fallen behind, and students are paying the...
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by Higher Education Caucus · Published March 27, 2015 · Last modified May 28, 2019
On March 27th, 2015, the Democratic Leadership in the Washington State House of Representatives released their proposed 2015-17 biennial budget (PSHB 1106). In it, roughly $140.4 million will go towards Higher Education in the...
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by Higher Education Caucus · Published May 29, 2014 · Last modified May 28, 2019
On May 29th, 2014, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) visited the University District in Seattle on a tour for her new book, A Fighting Chance, and we made sure to have a Young Democrat presence...
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