Higher Education: Cutting Spending

"In the past two years alone, WSU's tuition has increased 30 percent as the university has attempted to plug the shortfall of millions of dollars in state funding, said Joan King, executive director of planning and budgeting. The amount of support WSU receives from the state has decreased by 30 percent - or $133 million - in the last 18 months."(Daily Evergreen)   

Across the state programs are getting cut drastically because of our state's deficit. Higher education is not alone in feeling the brunt of the cuts, but as the question arises should higher education be cut as much as it is? With cuts as drastic as this the student across the state are starting to wake up the the reality of the state of our government.

Students are confused and angry at the increases in tuition costs for their education. The universities and education union often bus students to Olympia from across the state to lobby for increase spending on higher education, often my means of tax increases.

But propping up education at the expense of businesses  provides our state with more college graduates but creates more post education unemployment. So the real question is what can the students of Washington state do to reduce the cuts in education, without damaging the working environment post education?   

On my blog i try to advocate for realistic solution or to at least propose ideas to drive the conversation to something more productive then just political posturing and banter. If your interested in making a real impact i have posted info on higher education bills that are in the works, that you could get involved in. Check it out, contact your legislature and get off the bench and fight for your future.

(Link to Bill information )