SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Who pays for financial literacy?
The News Tribune, March 18, 2009 (Tacoma CC)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/education/story/674103.html
New science building at Bellevue CC
Mercer Island Reporter, March 17, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/mir/community/41396899.html
Learning low-income lessons
Cascadia Community College student Kelly Benson helped organize the simulation as a college project.
Bothell Reporter, March 16, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn/community/41357129.html
Highline CC’s MaST Center hosts free kids summer camp
Auburn Reporter, March 16, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/aub/community/41316954.html
SIP: College students study viticulture curricula
San Francisco Chronicle, March 15, 2009 (Walla Walla CC, South Seattle CC)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/16/lifestyle/l103649D59.DTL&type=health
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Gov. Gregoire seeks higher-ed surcharge
Seattle Times, March 18, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008878011_edcharge18m.html
Community College Surge
… Green warned of a looming problem in … the "infrastructure" of colleges. … colleges have expanded -- and plan further expansions -- of online offerings. "… how [do] you expand online if you don't expand help desks."
… Support staff positions appear to be taking the biggest hits, and more than twice as many institutions plan to reduce their number as plan to increase them. This applies to academic support, clerical support and facilities support.
… For-profit higher education tends to be quite efficient at responding to students' information requests, processing forms, guiding people through programs and responding to inquiries, Green noted. And when for-profit colleges offer good service, he suggested, they set a standard that community colleges may have difficulty meeting -- at least if they continue to cut positions outside the classroom.
Inside Higher Ed, March 18, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/03/18/league
Community Colleges: A Route of Upward Economic Mobility
Report finds both benefits and drawbacks to a Community College education
PR Newswire, March 17, 2009
See also: College study finds two-year 'penalty'
Training the Green Collar Workforce: A Role for Community Colleges
World Changing Newsletter, March 17, 2009
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/009593.html
Green Jobs: Myth or Reality?
Green Tech Media, March 16, 2009
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/green-jobs-myth-or-reality-5898.html
University Place author takes on the nightmare of student debt
The News Tribune, March 15, 2009
http://www.thenewstribune.com/voelpel/story/667242.html
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Senators host discussion in Federal Way regarding state's economic situation
Kauffman wants to see amendments to funding for Running Start, a program that allows high school students to earn college credits. SB 5924 would allow community and technical colleges to count Running Start students toward their enrollment targets, charge student fees and create a fee-waiver program for low-income students.
Federal Way Mirror, March 17, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/fwm/news/41381814.html
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