SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
In our view: Efficient Education / Running Start program deserves support, even in tough times
The Columbian, Jan. 29, 2009
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090129/OPINION02/701299979/-1/OPINION
College looks to clear Running Start hurdle / Clark officials, legislator seek program reforms
The Columbian, Jan. 28, 2009
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090128/NEWS02/701289955
Wash. Senate Democrats unveil green jobs proposal
Honeyford said he found it odd that Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed large cuts to community and technical colleges, considering most unemployed workers would require retraining to qualify for new "green jobs."
Seattle Times, Jan. 28, 2009
Dreaming big Immigration reform could increase opportunities for undocumented students
Students without social security numbers cannot fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), meaning they have to secure money for college through other means
Skagit Valley College, Jan. 28, 2009
Husband says missing Bellevue woman took own life
KING 5 TV, Jan. 28, 2009 (Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz, Bellevue CC instructor)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_012809WAB-missing-ferry-woman-SW.10fdefec.html
Highline CC grad selected by Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer SuperDraft
Federal Way Mirror, Jan. 23, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/fwm/sports/38226014.html
Let's not sugarcoat the real "State of Schools" in Federal Way
… President of Highline Community College made a presentation that included a handout which indicated Federal Way sends the most students to Highline of any school district. Here is the shocker, 28 percent of all students at Highline are in the "Basic Skills" program.
Federal Way News, Jan. 19, 2009
http://www.federalwaynews.net/articles/2009/01/19/interact/columnists/column02.txt
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Weighing the Two-Year Option
Rising unemployment rolls and a slumping economy are sending waves of students to community colleges in search of new job skills -- precisely at a moment when state budget cuts are making the influx hard to handle.
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 28, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB123310697684722563-lMyQjAxMDI5MzIzODEyMDg2Wj.html
Cellular Colleges: The Next Small Thing
We know automakers are in trouble-they paid attention to what once was, instead of what will be. Could American higher ed suffer the same hubris or will we now witness a new generation of cellular teachers and learners?
University Business, Feb. 2009
http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1233
See also: http://www.ccweek.com/news/templates/template.aspx?articleid=814&zoneid=3
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
GOP rebels as House passes stimulus bill to Senate
Seattle Times, Jan. 29, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008683453_stim29.html
Senate forwards hiring freeze bill
The OIympian, Jan. 29, 2009
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/741592.html
The state of play on state employees
The OIympian, Jan. 29, 2009
http://www.theolympian.com/adamwilson/story/741345.html
Good Money After ... Mediocre?
Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 29, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/29/edpolicy
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