Washington’s first fully online university makes a strong play for academic heft and innovation by tapping Bellevue College President Jean Floten as its chancellor, reports the Seattle Times. Floten brings gravitas and assertive leadership, a perfect fit for the big plans of Western Governors University-Washington. The nonprofit, online university created in 1997 by governors of 19 Western states, including this one, has a small footprint here…
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Education group to push for funding
Higher-education supporters have formed another new group that aims to pressure the Legislature to be more generous with education funding, reports the Seattle Times. Earlier this year, University of Washington alumni formed a group, UW Impact, to push for more funding for the university. Both Washington State University and Western Washington University are following suit with groups of their own. The newest group, the College Promise Coalition, was announced Tuesday. It’s an umbrella group that includes public colleges and universities, faculty and student groups, business leaders and education organizations. “This is a broader statewide coalition that will help play a coordinating role” among all the different groups, said spokesman Sandeep Kaushik…
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