August 4, 2006

State News In Brief

TUITION AUTONOMY: University of Washington administrators are giving state lawmakers an ultimatum: Increase state funds for the university or give the institution power to set tuition rates. In a budget request for the forthcoming fiscal year, the university asks for a 20-percent increase in state support. Failing that, university leaders want approval for a six-year pilot program in which the college would set in-state, undergraduate tuition, rather than the Legislature. But the executive