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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Editorial: Saving schools? State wants to fund facility work, not teachers
Columbia Basin Herald, April 17, 2009 (Big Bend CC, HB 2334)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/04/17/editorials/doc49e79b27c5236184120180.txt
Skagit skills center project gets a price break
Skagit Valley Herald, April 17, 2000 (Skagit Valley College)
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/skagit_skills_center_project_gets_a_price_break/
Math conference draws top teacher to Tri-Cities
Tri-City Herald, April 17, 20009 (Columbia Basin College, Spokane Falls CC)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/546893.html
NBC broadcaster John Madden calling it quits
... Madden jumped between several colleges before getting into coaching, including … Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen.
KING5.com, April 16, 2009
http://www.king5.com/sports/stories/NW_041609SPB-AP_john-madden-quits-JM.de861615.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Million-Dollar Mystery: Anonymous Donors Even the Colleges Don't Know
Chronicle of Higher Education, April 16, 2009
California faces shortage of college graduates for workforce, study finds
A report says that in 2025, 35% of the state's working-age adults will hold a four-year degree, while a college education will be required for at least 41% of job-holders.
Los Angeles Times, April 17, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-college-gap-17-2009apr17,0,7457322.story
College seniors cringe at poor job market
Seattle PI, April 17, 2009
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405239_jobsearch17.html
Generation Gaps Are Evident in Professors' Views of Their Jobs
Chronicle of Higher Education, April 17, 2009
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=bjsgg4pqcnrxTBDswMtc8D2nFvz3BwTB
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POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Washington Legislature hostile to business
Seattle Times, April 17, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009071713_opinb17hewitt.html
FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE WEEK
Susan Boyle the Scot heard 'round the world
A week ago, hardly anyone knew her. Now she's a sensation
The Star, April 17, 2009
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/619805
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