A bill that would tie tuition at public colleges in Washington State to a portion of the average state wage passed the State Senate on Wednesday, The Spokesman-Review reports.
The measure would sharply cut the cost of colleges statewide, with the larger ones required to set tuition at a higher percentage of the average annual wage — which is about $52,600 — and community and regional colleges assigned a smaller number. The tuition cuts’ cost to the state would be $112 million to $232 million.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/legislation-linking-tuition-to-average-wage-passes-washington-state-senate/95515
The Spokesman-Review: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/mar/12/washington-state-senate-passes-bill-to-slash/
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