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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
[Shoreline Community] College to cut staff
Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Enterprise, March 10, 2009
Try A Trade day at Skagit Valley College
Skagit Valley Herald, March 10, 2009
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/students_try_a_trade/
Renton Technical ESL students protest state budget cuts
Renton Reporter, March 11, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/ren/lifestyle/41057664.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Obama Calls for Better Data on Students and Urges Colleges to Control Costs
The president talked about the need for institutions to improve access to job training for both young people and older workers, and called community colleges “a great and undervalued asset” in preparing workers for good jobs.
Chronicle of Higher Education, March 11, 2009
VIDEO: http://www.theindychannel.com/video/18898070/index.html
Still looking for a job? Try applying with the state / Nurses, corrections officers, social workers in demand
The Olympian, March 11, 2009
http://www.theolympian.com/topstories/story/783232.html
WWU releases potential budget cuts, worth about $13 million
Bellingham Herald, March 11, 2009
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/825556.html
Amid Nation's Recession, More Than 200,000 Nursing Jobs Go Unfilled
One reason for the faculty squeeze is that a nurse with a graduate degree needed to teach can earn more as a practicing nurse, about $82,000, than teaching, about $68,000.
Fox News, March 9, 2009
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,506887,00.html?sPage=fnc/health/women
Duncan: Community Colleges Important to Restoring Economy
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, March 9, 2009
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_12374.shtml
Obama's call for more higher ed
Job seekers with only a high school degree not only face tough prospects but may put a drag on the US economy's ability to compete in the world. President Obama calls it "not just quitting on yourself, it's quitting on your country."
Christian Science Monitor, March 5, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0305/p08s01-comv.html
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Rep. Kagi's dropout program moves through the House
Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Enterprise, March 10, 2009
http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20090311/ETP03/703119904&template=ETPZoneSHLart
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