Editing Bothell, Washington (section)

===Higher education===

Bothell is home to two [[post-secondary]] educational institutions, [[Cascadia College]] and the [[University of Washington Bothell]] (UW Bothell), which share a single campus east of downtown near Interstate 405 and State Route 522. UW Bothell is one of three campuses of the [[University of Washington]] and serves 6,000 students {{as of|2019|lc=y}}, of which approximately 30&nbsp;percent reside in Snohomish County.<ref name="Times-UWFight">{{cite news |last=Cornwell |first=Paige |date=March 4, 2019 |title=In Bothell, another fight between a growing UW campus and its neighbors |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eastside/in-bothell-another-fight-between-a-growing-uw-campus-and-its-neighbors/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stevick |first=Eric |date=December 3, 2017 |title=What draws so many Snohomish County students to UW Bothell? |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/county-leaving-an-imprint-on-uw-bothell/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref> Cascadia College, a two-year [[community college]], had fewer than 3,000 enrolled students in 2019.<ref name="Times-UWFight"/>

UW Bothell was established by the state government in 1989 alongside [[University of Washington Tacoma|another branch campus]] in [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]] to serve students who had graduated from two-year community colleges. Its first classes were held in October 1990 at a Canyon Park office building.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cronin |first=Mary Elizabeth |date=October 1, 1990 |title=Bothell branch of UW opens with 155 students |page=A1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> At the same time, the state government approved plans to establish another community college on the [[Eastside (King County, Washington)|Eastside]] to relieve overcrowding at colleges in [[Bellevue College|Bellevue]] and [[Shoreline Community College|Shoreline]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramirez |first1=Marc |date=October 25, 1990 |title=Community college gets a step closer for Eastside – State board targets Woodinville-Duvall area |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB53441B556E809 |work=The Seattle Times |page=A1 |via=NewsBank}}</ref> The state government proposed replacing UW Bothell and the planned community college with a new four-year university in 1992, but opted instead to have both institutions share space on the intended site for the latter;<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=June 21, 2003 |title=Permanent home of University of Washington Bothell Branch opens for classes on September 25, 2000. |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/4184 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=February 14, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hadley |first1=Jane |date=February 19, 1994 |title=Three sites, and UW regents are out of luck |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB04A68452F03C9 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |page=A1 |via=NewsBank}}</ref> the shared campus opened in September 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schubert |first=Ruth |date=September 23, 2000 |title=A unique partnership for higher education |page=A1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> Further attempts to merge the institutions were rejected by students and the state government,<ref>{{cite news |last=Linn |first=Sarah |date=January 28, 2004 |title=Legislature: Merging two schools into university called wrong union |page=C2 |work=[[The Columbian]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> who instead authorized an expansion of UW Bothell from an upper division school to a four-year institution beginning in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stevick |first=Eric |date=February 5, 2018 |title=UW Bothell plan: New student housing, academic buildings |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-student-housing-academic-buildings-in-uw-bothell-plan/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Perry |first=Nick |date=September 24, 2006 |title=Different tier of freshmen sprouting on UW branches |page=A1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060924&slug=branchcampus24m |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref>