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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Local News | UW President Mark Emmert to tout program across state for low-income students | Seattle Times Newspaper


Local News | UW President Mark Emmert to tout program across state for low-income students | Seattle Times Newspaper:

"University of Washington President Mark Emmert will hit the road on a statewide tour Monday to promote Husky Promise, a program that guarantees lower-income students will get their full tuition paid at UW.


Emmert and other top administrators have stops planned at high schools in Seattle, Tacoma, Aberdeen and Toppenish, Yakima County. More stops are expected to be added to the itinerary.

Launched in 2007, Husky Promise covers the tuition of about 7,000 students, more than 20 percent of all undergraduates. But the program is under threat from state budget cuts"