Seattle Times Comments on Access to Higher Education

Seattle Times Guest Post by Richard Lum, the director of the Office of Government Relations for the Associated Students of the University of Washington.

Don't make college students mortgage their future

An excerpt:

We are at a critical juncture for higher education in the state of Washington, writes Richard Lum, a graduate student and the director of the Office of Government Relations for the Associated Students of the University of Washington. This year will be remembered either as the year the Legislature effectively privatized the public universities or maintained access to higher education for Washington students.

To read the entire opinion column: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009089860_opinc21lum.html

International Students this Quarter

Current International Students - All Programs for Spring 2009

Total students 1100:

CITIZENSHIP / NUMBER OF STUDENTS

Afghanistan 1

Argentina 2

Australia 1

Austria 1

Belgium 1

Brazil 2

Burkina Faso 1

Cameroon 1

Canada 8

China 166

Colombia 1

Congo 1

Costa Rica 1

Denmark 1

Egypt 1

Equatorial Guinea 1

Fiji 1

France 4

French Polynesia 1

Gambia 1

Germany 2

Hong Kong 55

India 3

Indonesia 45

Iran 2

Iraq 1

Italy 1

Japan 103

Jordan 1

Kazakhstan 1

Kenya 5

Kyrgyzstan 7

Libya 1

Macau 2

Malaysia 2

Mexico 1

Mongolia 7

Morocco 2

Myanmar (Burma) 2

Nepal 11

Norway 1

Oman 1

Peru 2

Philippines 1

Poland 1

Portugal 2

Qatar 2

Romania 2

Russia 5

Senegal 1

South Africa 1

South Korea 130

Spain 5

Sri Lanka 3

St. Lucia 1

Sweden 3

Switzerland 3

Taiwan 102

Tanzania 3

Thailand 14

Turkey 3

United Arab Emirates 5

United Kingdom 3

Vietnam 354

Yemen 1

Can you think of a country not accounted for at Seattle Central this quarter?