Washington universities take stock of budget cuts - DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press

Thanks to federal stimulus dollars and a big assist from college students, the worst case budget scenario does not appear to have materialized for Washington's four-year universities. But the reality is not a whole lot better. Every Washington university is figuring out how to cut millions of dollars from its budget for the next two years, with faculty and staff layoffs, support services cuts and class choice reduction all being considered.