Tag Archives: GET
University tuition sprints way ahead of expectations
We’ve written a few times about college tuition and the Washington Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) savings program. An interesting follow-up note to the 2011-12 spike in the price of GET units comes from GET director Betty Lochner. In the January … Continue reading
GET may soon be gone
Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program has generated a bit of concern recently due to speculation that budget uncertainty might force the program to be ended. While this is not a certainty, it does appear to be a growing likelihood. … Continue reading
The damaging pace of tuition inflation
The cost of a college education continues to grow very rapidly. This, of course, is not a surprise. News of tuition inflation has been prominent. Here in Washington state, the legislature is allowing state universities to raise tuition by 14% … Continue reading
News Tribune column – GET program
Gary’s latest monthly column in the Tacoma News Tribune: Tuition program gets more attractive with longer terms Washington state’s Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program can be a good college funding vehicle in many cases but there are less-known aspects of the … Continue reading
GET unit price takes huge leap
As a follow-up to my September 8 column in The News Tribune (see below), here is some more detail about the new unit price to participate in Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program. The 2011-12 purchase price for one GET unit … Continue reading →