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November 14, 2019
Income Share Agreement Update
Income Share Agreements (ISAs) have grown in popularity in recent years. They have been lauded by some as a solution to the student debt crisis, and criticized by others for further complicating the education finance market. Given the continued interest in ISAs, we have updated our 2016 brief on the topic. Here are some key…
July 23, 2019
2019 Higher Education Trends
As the higher education landscape continues to change and evolve in the United States, below are some select national and state trends driving higher education policy and innovation in recent years. The Office of Planning & Budgeting (OPB) continues to monitor these, and other, trends. This list was curated using multiple sources, including recent news…
May 6, 2019
Legislature Passes 2019-21 Biennial Operating and Capital Budgets
On Sunday, April 28, leadership in the legislature reached a compromise on the state’s 2019-21 biennial operating and capital budgets. The Governor is expected to approve these budgets, but has line-item veto power. As part of the compromise budget package, the legislature passed HB 2158, which creates a dedicated source of funding for higher education…
April 4, 2019
House and Senate Proposed 2019-21 Biennial Operating and Capital Budgets
Last week, leadership in the House and Senate released their 2019-21 state biennial operating and capital budget proposals. The House Appropriations committee released their initial operating and capital budget proposals on March 25. The Senate Ways & Means committee released their capital budget proposal on March 27 and their operating budget proposal on March 29….
January 31, 2019
OPB Brief on Published Price vs. Net Price – 2019 update
The 2019 update of the Published Price vs. Net Price brief is now available on our briefs page, and reflects 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 state investment in higher education has spurred…
January 7, 2019
UW Fast Facts 2019 – Now Available!
The 2019 edition of UW Fast Facts is now available. You can find it on the OPB website under the UW Data tab, and in the Quicklinks bar on the right. You can also access it directly at UW Fast Facts. A special thank you to OPB’s Institutional Analysis team, the Marketing & Communications team, and to our…
December 18, 2018
Governor Inslee’s Proposed 2019-21 Biennial Operating and Capital Budgets
On Thursday, Governor Jay Inslee released his proposed 2019-21 biennial operating and capital budgets. For a detailed analysis and summary of the Governor’s proposals, please see OPB’s brief on this page. The Governor’s operating budget assumes significant new revenue from the creation of a capital gains tax, increasing the business and occupation tax rate for…
June 8, 2018
UW’s Adopted FY19 Operating Budget and Tuition Rates
On June 7, the Board of Regents adopted the UW’s Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Operating Budget. The budget includes final 2018-19 tuition rates and expected revenue and proposed expenditures by budget area. Annual and quarterly tuition and fee schedules have been posted. Supplementary documents can be found on OPB’s Annual Budgets page. In conjunction with the…
February 23, 2018
OPB Brief on Senate and House Leadership 2018 Supplemental Budget Proposals
On Monday, leadership in the Senate released their 2018 supplemental operating and capital budget proposals. On Tuesday and Wednesday, leadership in the House followed with the release of their 2018 supplemental operating and capital budget proposals. The supplemental proposals include technical corrections and minor appropriation changes to the recently approved 2017-19 biennial capital budget, as…
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…
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