About 400 turned out to a town hall event Wednesday night hosted by the Seattle Times that decried dwindling state support for higher education.
All six presidents from the state’s public baccalaureate institutions were on hand to outline the funding crisis facing the system and its impacts on students and their families. Most notably, as state appropriations have declined, tuition has jumped. And universities still have had to eliminate hundreds of millions of dollars in programs and services.
You can read all about it here.
Also in the Times today is this column authored by WSU President Elson Floyd in which he explains the importance of a strong state appropriation for higher education.
You can watch video of Wednesday night’s events below.