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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
PNNL career day gives students look at 'real world'
After the shop tour, the students had the chance to talk with Columbia Basin College and Walla Walla Community College, as well as labor union representatives, about opportunities after high school.
Tri-City Herald, March 20, 2009
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/516149.html
Bellingham Angels seeing more investment chances
MacCormack believes what's missing locally is a step between education and getting a business going. He said the programs at Western Washington University and Bellingham Technical College do a great job preparing students for high-tech jobs, but there's a big jump to starting a company.
Bellingham Herald, March 15, 2009
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/davegallagher/story/828611.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Wanted: Community-College Leaders to Serve in the Hinterlands
Chronicle of Higher Education, March 27, 2009
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=YvpFdXdmbWBpJRjmbMzmFQSVhXg68S6X
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On Being Presidential
Inside Higher Education, March 23, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/03/23/pierce
New Adjunct-Faculty Union Gets a Name
The nascent national voice for contingent faculty members now has a name: The New Faculty Majority.
Chronicle of Higher Education, March 20, 2009
http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=6169&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
Lessons From The Recession In The Classroom
NPR, March 19, 2009
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102062213
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Where is Frank Chopp and why won't he talk to us?
Seattle Times, March 20, 2009
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