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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
OPINION: Community colleges play important role / by Robert K. Knight, Clark College president
Camas-Washougal Post-Record, Feb. 10, 2009
http://www.clark.edu/news_events/documents/KnightOpEdPostRecord02-10-09.pdf
Students, faculty protest community college cuts
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Feb 13, 2009
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/399984_colleges13.html
Many unemployed workers retooling and retraining
Yakima Herald-Republic, Feb 13, 2009 ( Yakima Valley CC)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/02/12/many-unemployed-workers-retooling-and-retraining
Omak nursing program will be cut in half
Wenatchee World, Feb. 13, 2009
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090213/NEWS04/702139938
Flight officer in Buffalo crash from Washington
Rebecca Lynne Shaw of Maple Valley attended Big Bend CC and CWU
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Feb 13, 2009
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_plane_into_home_shaw.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
King County worker retraining center seeks emergency federal grant
Puget Sound Business Journal, Feb. 13, 2009
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/02/16/story9.html?jst=pn_pn_lk
WWU budget cuts mean reduction in student access
Bellingham Herald, Feb. 13, 2009
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/793772.html
WSU board OKs early retirement program for faculty, staff over 55
News Tribune, Feb. 13, 2009
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/626356.html
A National (But Not Federal) Student Database?
Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 13, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/13/data
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
What's in the stimulus bill for state? About $4.4 billion
The Herald, Feb. 13, 2009
Haigh confident about education funding
Central Kitsap Reporter, Feb. 13, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/ckr/news/39512779.html
VERY SUPERSTITIOUS, WRITING’S ON THE WALL
Do You Suffer From Paraskevidekatriaphobia On Friday The 13th?
Toronto City News, Feb. 13, 2009
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_32080.aspx
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