SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Responding to Economic Crisis, Plus 50 Initiative Expands to Help Older Workers
Three Plus 50 Initiative community colleges in Washington - Clark College, Clover Park Technical College and Community Colleges of Spokane - will host a regional conference in Vancouver, Wash., focused on how to start a Plus 50 Initiative program, involving as many as 30 community colleges from Washington and Oregon.
eMediaWire, May 12, 2009
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2009/5/prweb2407314.htm
Columbia Basin College cutbacks detailed
Tri-City Herald, May 12, 2009
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/574961.html
The high cost of higher ed -- Tuition hikes make things more difficult
Yakima Herald, May 12, 2009 (Yakima Valley CC)
Ex-deputy chief of port to seek commission seat
Don Meyer, executive director of the Thea Foss Waterway Authority, is running for a spot on the Port of Tacoma commission.
The News Tribune, May 12, 2009 (Pierce College trustee)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/738672.html?story_link=email_msg
Economy Spurs Demand for Literacy Programs
Callers are inundating literacy agencies because they realize they can't compete in this difficult job market without a GED. At the same time, many of those callers are forced to recognize and admit their inability to read simple documents, including a job application.
NPR Radio – WUOT Knoxville, May 11, 2009
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104032597
SuperHost program gains steam / Seventeen local businesses have earned certification by having 60 percent of staff trained.
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, May 11, 2009 (Walla Walla CC)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/05/11/local_news/090511superhost_hotshots.txt
Changing Lives Through Financial Literacy
Porsche Anderson, 20, says financial literacy classes at TCC have changed her life for the better. Federal lawmakers have made financial literacy a top education priority and want to fund more classes. But help may not arrive in time to save some classes like those offered at Tacoma Community College.
KPLU Radio, May 10, 2009 (Tacoma CC, ABE/GED, instructor Sheila Powers)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1502903
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Opinion: Community colleges and the economic recovery
Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 12, 2009
http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/05/community_colleges_and_the_eco.html
Prepaid [GET] tuition price rising 33 percent in Wash.
Seattle PI, May 11, 2009
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_prepaid_tuition.html
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Gov. Chris Gregoire needs a speechwriter -- desperately!
The News Tribune, May 11, 2009
http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/05/11/gov_chris_governor_needs_a_speechwriter_
Compiled by the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, Washington 98504 | www.sbctc.edu
Distributed via email to State Board members, SBCTC staff, CTC presidents, PIOs, Trustees and NEWS LINKS subscribers.
Email subscription: NEWS LINKS | SBCTC News Links blog: http://sbctcnewslinks.blogspot.com/ |RSS feed subscription: NEWS LINKS BLOG
· Links are time-sensitive and may expire after the date of publication. The SBCTC does not control or endorse the content of the links and websites.
· All articles are copyrighted by the newspaper or website in which they appear. Please do not use these articles without following the permission process of the newspaper.
· Some sites require free registration. SBCTC does not link to articles or news sites where a fee or paid subscription is required for viewing/access.
