Friday, January 30, 2009

NEWS LINKS | Jan. 30, 2009

SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges


 

SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS

 

Budget Crises, Academic Change: A Fable

Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 30, 2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/blogs/reality_check/budget_crises_academic_change_a_fable

 

Four honored at CBC dinner fundraiser

Tri-City Herald, Jan. 30, 2009

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/462540.html

 

College Education Gets Costly
KIMA CBS- Yakima, Jan. 29, 2009 (Yakima Valley CC)
http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/38665862.html

 

Technology altering surgery at lightning pace, LCC guest lecturer explains

The Daily News, Jan. 30, 2009

http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/30/area_news/doc4982a73040405313071035.txt

 

TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION

 

Students protest plans to cut education funding

Arizona Republic, Jan. 29, 2009

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/01/29/20090129studentprotest0129.html

 

Gregoire says emissions plan would also create jobs

Seattle Times, Jan. 30, 2009

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008687632_carbon30m.html

 

Gregoire unveils 'green jobs' legislation

Seattle PI, Jan. 30, 2009

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/398069_green30.html

 

 

POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL

 

Bill aims to cut costs of college textbooks

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan. 30, 2009 (Centralia College)

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/398029_college30.html

 

State gets 360 suggestions for its share of stimulus

Seattle Times, Jan. 30, 2009

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008683473_stimulus29m0.html

 

Olympia, don’t mess with UW admissions

The News Tribune, Jan. 30, 2009 (UW athlete admission bill)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/611105.html

 

 

FROM THE ‘AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE BUSY’ FILE

 

Octuplets Mom Has 6 Other Kids

CBS News, Jan. 29, 2009

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/29/earlyshow/health/main4761676.shtml?source=mostpop_story

 

 


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