UW students pitch plan for college cost they can afford - Katherine Long, Seattle Times

A University of Washington student group is asking lawmakers and university administrators to increase student aid, change the way it is distributed and lower college costs enough that Washington students could work their way through college. “What we feel has been underrecognized is the amount a student directly contributes to their education,” said Michael Kutz, president of student government at the UW. The UW student report, “Meet Us in the Middle: Affordability for the Working Student,” has a unique student focus that assumes many students will put themselves through college, with little help from their parents. But because the cost is now so high, it’s no longer possible to do that without incurring high student debt. http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023759944_tuitionaffordabilityxml.html