HECB News Release Archive

2012

• April 26 HECB meeting to include reports on raising educational attainment

• Governor signs bill establishing new Student Achievement Council

• Next steps for higher education topic of HECB meeting Feb. 29
• New Report cites gap in number of workers for many high-demand jobs in state (2/21)
• Higher Education Coordinating Board voices alarm at continued state funding cuts
• Reports on job training and financial aid on HECB’s Jan. 26 meeting agenda

2011

• Action on Strategic Master Plan update expected at HECB's Nov. 17 meeting in Bothell (11/14)
• Enrollment opens Tuesday (November 1) for Washington's Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program (10-28)
• Report finds room to increase number of high school students who take college classes (10/4)
• Washington awarded $27 million to help students "GEAR UP" for college (10/3)
• Panelists to discuss higher education goals at HECB meeting Sept. 29 in Olympia (9/27)
• HECB to review budget impacts, strategic master plan progress (6/23)
• College Bound Scholarship deadline nears for Washington 8th graders (5/26)
• HECB to continue discussions on Strategic Master Plan update at PLU May 19 (5/12)
• Continued focus on high-demand degree production needed to meet regional employment needs by 2018 and beyond, new HECB report emphasizes (4/18)
• Fewer spots in public baccalaureates for increasing numbers of transfer students (4/11)
• Strategic Master Plan update on agenda for HECB meeting in Olympia March 31 (3/24)
• New Census data underscores need to make college available to all residents (3/2)
• Majority of State Need Grant increases go to offset rising tuition (2/11)
• HECB to be briefed on budget and education restructuring at January meeting (1/20)
• Students should hurry to complete financial aid applications (1/21)
• 2011 edition of Key Facts now available online (1/13)
• HECB announces new blog to promote discussion of higher education issues (1/6)