Bellevue College, the largest of Washington state’s community and technical colleges by enrollment, has spent decades carving its niche in jazz.
But, on March 10, Bellevue College President David May sent an email to faculty and staff, two days before the Washington state Legislature finalized the state’s biennial budget.
May’s communication, which anticipated the bill’s suggested cuts to state-funded higher education institutions like Bellevue College (BC), expressed the need to position the school for a “sustainable and successful future” and proposed the closure of 12 academic departments, as well as the consolidation of 14 additional programs…