For the fourth year in a row, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday outlined more than $1.5 billion in state cuts to health care, social services, prisons and education.... The single largest cut is a $166 million hit to higher education — a 15 percent drop in state funding for public colleges and universities.... Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard called the proposed 15 percent cut to higher education "a disaster for Washington's economy and a disaster for Washington's families and children." Gregoire also would suspend the state's work-study program, saving $8 million.