SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Tough economy forces some back to school
KXLY TV, Feb. 6, 2009 (Spokane CC, aviation maintenance)
http://video.kxly.com/watch.php?id=14667
Unemployed workers head back to school
KXLY TV, Feb. 9, 2009 (CCs of Spokane)
http://www.kxly.com/Global/story.asp?S=9816960
BCC aims to offer more 4-year degrees
KOMO News, Feb. 10, 2009
http://www.komonews.com/news/39411177.html
Gov. Gregoire vows to pare down state boards
She would keep intact . . . higher education governance boards, such as the Columbia Basin College Board of Trustees …
The News Tribune, Feb. 11, 2009
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/622237.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
New face for Early Learning
Gov. Chris Gregoire tapped Bremerton school chief Bette Hyde on Tuesday to run the Department of Early Learning, selecting a veteran public school administrator used to working with tight budgets.
Seattle PI, Feb. 11, 2009
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/399578_learning11.html
Big cuts loom for education: 574,000 jobs at risk
USA Today, Feb. 10, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-02-10-school-stimulus_N.htm
Refugees, immigrants to ask state for help
The Herald, Feb. 10, 2009
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090210/NEWS01/702109873#Refugees.immigrants.to.ask.state.for.help
Community College Retention
Community college retention issues require more scrutiny as well as plans to improve graduation rates, according to “The Other College,” … the increasing popularity of two-year institutions makes it more necessary that educators find ways to narrow the gap in completion rates between two- and four-year institutions.
Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 11, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/11/qt
Cut community college recreation classes, California legislative analysts urge
Sacramento Bee, Feb. 11, 2009
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1615399.html
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Statewide performance audit in works
The Olympian, Feb. 9, 2009
http://www.theolympian.com/adamwilson/story/753499.html
NEWS TO WARM YOU ON A COLD DAY
Amid charred landscape, burned koala finds help
KOMO News, Feb. 10, 2009
http://www.komonews.com/news/39430542.html
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