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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
EDITORIAL: Budget cuts should not come at the expense of higher education
The Daily News, Jan. 14, 2009 (worker retraining, Lower Columbia College)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/14/editorial/doc496d27ae571e7741791530.txt
Campus Threat-Assessment Teams Get a Professional Association
Before the mass shootings at Virginia Tech, threat-assessment teams were largely nonexistent — or dormant. Starting tomorrow they will have their own professional association.
Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 14, 2009
http://chronicle.com/news/article/5797/campus-threat-assessment-teams-get-a-professional-association
STEM school gets official go-ahead
Tri-City Herald, Jan. 14, 2009 (Columbia Basin College)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/444182.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Studies exaggerate state’s economic competitiveness
The News Tribune, Jan. 14, 2009
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/columnists/story/594174.html
Should Colleges Warn Users About Twitter Scam?
Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 12, 2009
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Jobs No. 1 as Senate Democrats propose state stimulus package
Seattle Times, Jan. 14, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008625083_senatestimulus14m.html
Bill language: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/Summary.aspx?bill=5045&year=2009
Democrats unveil stimulus plan; Zarelli skeptical
The Columbian, Jan. 14, 2009
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090114/NEWS/901149997
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