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Nursing Industry Defies Economic Hardships
Colors NW, May 20, 2009 (Highline CC)
http://colorsnw.com/colors/2009/05/20/nursing-industry-defies-economic-hardships/
Gates Foundation gives $350,000 for adult education
Seattle Times, May 20, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009240311_gates20m.html
Gates Foundation Awards Grants to 2 New Community-College Projects
Chronicle of Higher Education, May 20, 2009
http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=6505&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
News release: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/press-releases/Pages/programs-to-help-working-adults-earn-degrees-090520.aspx
Nursing program funds approved
The Workforce Development Council approved using up to $200,000 to support the Wenatchee Valley College at Omak nursing program.
Omak Okanogan County Chronicle, May 20, 2009
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090520a.shtml
Local teacher, social advocate to speak in D.C.
Help save the environment, give jobs to society's forgotten men and jump-start the economy. All at the same time. It's a big task, but that's what Bob Markholt is trying to do. He's the coordinator of the pre-apprenticeship construction training (PACT) program at the Seattle Vocational Institute.
Seattle PI, May 20, 2009
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/406390_pact20.html
50 Kelso students get college scholarships
I Have A Dream will provide students a full-ride scholarship to Lower Columbia College for two years and up to $2,000 per year at a four-year university …
Seattle PI, May 20, 2009
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_dreamers_goal.html?source=mypi
Letter: Long-term disadvantage to closure
The WSU Institute allowed WSU, Clark College and Lower Columbia College to team up to allow students to take all four years of their classes at WSU, but pay community college tuition for the first two years.
The Columbian, May 20, 2009
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090520/OPINION01/705209958/-1/OPINION
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Q&A: How Governing Boards Can Play a Bigger Role in Strategic Planning
Chronicle of Higher Education, May 22, 2009
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=nJHCQwrQgxdPgv4kv5kx4dwsPRyQgRtS
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17 Ways College Campuses Are Changing
6. Community college explosion. Community colleges are flourishing, with new ones sprouting up all over the place. Indeed, more than 40 percent of U.S. college students now are enrolled at community (or junior or two-year) colleges.
US News, May 20, 2009
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/professors-guide/2009/05/20/17-ways-college-campuses-are-changing.html
Twitter's dilemma: user retention
Seattle Times, May 19, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009235364_twitter19.html
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
State budget cuts may not go deep enough
The Herald, May 20, 2009
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