SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Highline CC Foundation receives donation to start scholarship for low-income parents
Auburn Reporter, Feb. 6, 2009 (Elizabeth Chen, trustee)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/aub/community/39217349.html
Washington community college enrollment hits record
Puget sound Business Journal, Feb. 6, 2009
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/02/02/daily37.html
Construction trades are still a good bet, according to experts
Seattle Times, Feb. 8, 2009 (Seattle Central CC, Edmonds CC, print edition noted Centers of Excellence)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008719912_construction08m.html
Whatcom Community College nursing program set to expand
As part of a $1.8 million grant from the federal Department of Labor, the college will develop a part-time hybrid online-classroom nursing program, allowing the college to reach students who may not be able to make it to campus easily.
Bellingham Herald, Feb. 9, 2009
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/786186.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
UW Foundation warns of layoffs / Specifics coming in early March; endowment losing money
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Feb. 7, 2009
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/399159_endowment07.html
Recession sending more students to comm. colleges
Seattle Times, Feb. 8, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008721603_apmeltdowncommunitycolleges.html
Turmoil Over 70 Faculty Layoffs at Clark Atlanta
Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 9, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/09/cau
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