Topic: Olympia (Washington)
Community colleges are non-residential, two-year public colleges that have open-admission policies and typically offer associate's degrees or certificate programs. In the city of Olympia, Washington there is only one official community college, but several others are found within the surrounding area, according ...
In a declining economy, low-income individuals and families can be especially hard hit. In the state of Washington, 11.3 percent of the population---766,000 people---live at or beneath the federal poverty guideline, according to the Statewide Poverty Action Network's website in 2009. To ...
I'm always pleased to report news of a college or university that's added gender neutral housing. This time around, Olympia, Washington liberal arts school The Evergreen State College joins the list of institutions with inclusive housing for students.
Students clash with police, shut down freeway while protesting college funding cuts in US Anger over increasing tuition and school budget cuts boiled over as students across the country staged rowdy demonstrations that led to clashes with police and the rush-hour shutdown ...
Rowdy protests target funding cuts at US campuses; demonstrators shut down Calif. freeway Students staged raucous rallies to protest education funding cuts on college campuses nationwide Thursday, but some demonstrations got out of hand as protesters threw punches and ice chunks in ...
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