SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Up Close & Personal: StartZone Supports Unlikely Entrepreneurs
Colors Northwest, June 3, 2009 (Highline CC)
http://colorsnw.com/colors/2009/06/03/making-it-work-startzone-supports-unlikely-entrepreneurs/
Building Bridges to Postsecondary Training for Low-Skill Adults: Outcomes of Washington State’s I-BEST Program
CCRC Brief No. 42, May 2009
http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=695
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
41 percent in state don't finish college within 6 years
Seattle Times, June 3, 2009
Northwest expected to lead recession exit
The Olympian, June 3, 2009
http://www.theolympian.com/adamwilson/story/868922.html
Higher education safest bet in down economy
Miami Herald, May 29, 2009
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/north-central/story/1071005.html
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Education Secretary calls Murray effort “Hugely Important”
"It's so important," Duncan said, "to help shape the opportunities that our high school and community college students have. We can't do enough of that. We have to tie education to the real world."
Edmonds Beacon, June 3, 2009
No furloughs in executive agencies yet
The Olympian, June 2, 2009
http://www.theolympian.com/adamwilson/story/869072.html
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