Higher Education

At least 19 colleges have changed essay prompts this year, according to one college counseling firm. Will it change how students talk about themselves?

In an effort to cut federal spending and end programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, the Trump administration has cut funding for some college access programs.

A federal program that helps young people from migrant families attend college abruptly halted this year after the Trump administration eliminated funding for migrant education.

The Trump administration is making unprecedented demands of colleges in the Northwest and across the country.

The U.S. Department of Education has stripped away grants from colleges and universities that serve large populations of Latino, Asian, Native American and other underrepresented students.

After three years of study, 10 students in the 'Muckleshoot cohort' graduated this month with educational doctoral degrees. The program centered on educational topics important to Indigenous communities.

Community colleges are in trouble. That has implications for the national economy, which relies on community colleges to fill many of the jobs that have shortages.

A new computer science doctorate program at the University of Washington Tacoma is expanding access to graduate studies in the South Sound.

Community and technical colleges are bracing for big budget cuts as Washington state faces billions in lost tax revenue.About 360,000 people attend the…

Tacoma Program students design their own course of study to address problems in society. They're there to finish degrees they started somewhere else — and based on the numbers, the model is working.