OPB News and Announcements
May 15, 2018
Public Profiles – New Interactive Dashboards Now Available!
In May 2018, in collaboration with UW-IT’s Enterprise Information, Integration and Analytics (EIIA) unit, the Office of Planning and Budgeting (OPB) relaunched Public Profiles, which are now five interactive dashboards including: FTE Enrollment Trends Headcount Enrollment Trends Degrees Production Trends Undergraduate Graduation Rates Undergraduate Retention and Persistence All dashboards, except Degrees Production Trends (which is refreshed…
April 5, 2018
OPB Briefs: 2018 Bill and Fiscal Note Summaries Now Available
Date: April 5, 2018 OPB has posted two summaries, recapping the 2018 state legislative session, under the “Briefs” tab of the OPB website: The 2018 Session Bill Summary lists the bills OPB tracked that were passed by the legislature. Links to veto messages are provided for bills that were partially vetoed by the Governor. Of…
January 18, 2018
Capital Budget Moving Through Senate
A proposed state capital budget, SB 6090, passed out of the Senate Committee on Ways & Means with substitutes and may be voted on soon. Last session, lawmakers came to a compromise on a proposed capital budget, but it was ultimately not passed due to a disagreement over a rural water rights issue. This proposal…
January 17, 2018
New OPB Briefs: Published Price vs. Net Price, Differential Tuition, and Activity Based Budgeting
OPB has released two new briefs. The Published Price vs. Net Price brief is an updated version of a brief we posted in June, reflecting the newest available data. The brief includes sector-wide data on trends in published price and net price for public and private four-year colleges and institutions, a description of how declining…
January 16, 2018
OPBlog: Introduction
Hello! My name is Kelsey, and I am the new Policy Analyst with the Office of Planning and Budgeting. I have my Master of Social Work in Administration and Public Policy from the University of Washington, am a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and a former intern at the City of Seattle’s Mayor’s Office, and most…
January 3, 2018
UW Fast Facts 2018 – Now Available!
The 2018 edition of UW Fast Facts is now available. You can find it on the OPB website under the UW Data tab, and in the Quick Links bar on the right. A special thank you to OPB’s Institutional Data & Analysis team, the Marketing & Communications team and to our partners around the UW…
October 23, 2017
OPBlog: Introduction
Hi! I am Lauren Hatchett, and I am the 2017-18 Legislative and Policy Analysis Intern with the Office of Planning & Budgeting. I am also a graduate student in the Masters in Education Policy Program in the College of Education. Before moving to Seattle and starting my program, I worked for an education initiative in…
August 9, 2017
OPB Briefs: 2017 Legislative Session Bill and Fiscal Note Summaries Now Available
OPB has posted two summaries concerning the 2017 legislative session to the Briefs tab of our website: The 2017 Bill Summary lists the bills OPB tracked during session that were passed by the legislature. Links to veto messages are provided for bills that were vetoed or partially vetoed by the Governor. OPB tracked over 460 bills in the 2017 legislative…
June 7, 2017
Two New OPB Briefs: Resident Undergraduate Tuition Trends and Net Price
OPB has released two new briefs. The first brief focuses on trends in Resident Undergraduate (RUG) tuition rates and state funding environments across the United States, based on the most recent “Trends in College Pricing” report, which is released by the College Board each year. The report identifies Washington as the only state to have…
March 17, 2017
OPBlog: Introduction
Hello! My name is Sharyl Morris and I am one of the Legislative Analysis staff members in the Office of Planning & Budgeting. I have been employed in the field of higher education since 2001, when I began working in the main library at Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts). As I worked my way from the…
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