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Article: UW'S EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGE REOPENS.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- September 30, 1997
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The Experimental College, which shut down for two quarters after years of running in the red, is open again.
In the fall quarter the University of Washington student-run college will offer 200 classes that range from ``Salsa Dancing - Street Style'' to ``Getting the Facts That Get Jobs.''
When the Experimental College closed last spring, it was plagued by computer problems and had lost $71,000 over two years. At the time, the Associated Students of the University of Washington said the closure would allow time to address the problems so the college could return to being self-supporting.
But many feared it would be curtains for the eclectic mix ...