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5 Things Every Family Should Know About Paying For College

By NPR News February 17, 2021

Book cover - The Price you pay for College by Ron Lieber

For many families, paying for college is one of the biggest financial decisions they'll make. College tuition is the highest it's ever been — and the financial aid process is anything but clear. American journalist Ron Lieber's new book, The Price You Pay for College aims to take the black box of college financials and, "turn it lighter and lighter shades of gray."Read More

Idaho’s Four-Year Schools Agree On ‘Momentous’ Tuition Freeze

By NWPB News December 12, 2019

Idaho’s four college and university presidents — Idaho State University President Kevin Satterlee, University of Idaho President C. Scott Green, Boise State University President Marlene Tromp and Lewis-Clark State College President Cynthia Pemberton — had discussed a possible tuition freeze since spring. Sami Edge/Idaho Education News.

For the first time in at least four decades, Idaho is freezing college and university tuition. The one-year freeze will go into effect next school year — and it covers in-state undergraduate students at Idaho’s four-year institutions.Read More

Washington State Lawmakers Want You To Save For College — And They’re Willing To Help

By Max Wasserman February 6, 2019

In this 2013 photo, University of Washington sophomore Megan Herndon, of Kailua, Hawaii, stands on a bench as she leads high school students on a tour of the campus in Seattle. CREDIT: ELAINE THOMPSON/AP

Drastic increases to the cost of college have discouraged many families from saving for their child’s tuition — or even thinking of it as a possibility. But some state lawmakers think that could change for as little as $100.Read More

Washington State Lawmakers Want To Save Seat At Budget Table For Free College

By Max Wasserman January 23, 2019

The Legislative Building on the opening day of the 2019 session. Lawmakers want to make financial aid for higher education an entitlement. CREDIT: TED S. WARREN / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The question hanging over the Washington state Legislature this winter isn’t so much what laws will pass, but how they’ll be funded.Read More

Youth Farm In Hawaii Is Growing Food And Leaders

By NPR News March 28, 2018

Cheryse Sana, left, and Derrik Parker were interns 10 years ago and now help manage the farm's current interns as well as run the day-to-day operations. CREDIT: DAKOTA KIM

The program practices tough love — Hawaiians call it kuleana, or a sense of personal responsibility. Kids commit to more than two years of work, and get free college tuition for their "sweat equity."Read More

Fired Employee Accuses Washington GET Pre-Paid Tuition Program Of Mismanagement

By Austin Jenkins August 31, 2017

Listen Washington’s pre-paid college tuition program has been overcharging customers since its inception. That’s one of several allegations of mismanagement being made by an employee who was recently fired The […]Read More