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Community Colleges Get Respect (Pierce District Chancellor Michele Johnson, CCRC Director Thomas Bailey, Pierce alum and Costco VP Jim Murphy, and others talk about the value of community colleges and discuss President Obama’s community college initiative.)
KUOW Radio
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=17967 (Click on MP3 or RealAudio button to listen; the college discussion starts about 14 minutes in)
Clark’s Knight likes Obama plan
The Vancouver Columbian, July 14, 2009
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090715/NEWS02/707159943/Clark+s+Knight+likes+Obama+plan
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
'All the Bells and Whistles'
Inside Higher Ed, July 16, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/16/centers
A Gripe Session at Blackboard
Inside Higher Ed, July 16, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/16/blackboard
Despite recession, college grad pay remains stable
Puget Sound Business Journal, July 15, 2009
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/13/daily34.html
FRIDAY (SOMEWHAT) LITE NEWS—EARLY EDITION
Can Bill Gates control the weather?
Microsoft founder, co-inventors filed patent applications on technology to slow hurricanes by pumping cold, deep-ocean water in their paths.
USA Today, July 16, 2009
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/research/2009-07-15-gates-hurricanes_N.htm
Nobody can rock like these Harry Potter-inspired bands
USA Today, July 16, 2009
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-07-15-potter-bands_N.htm
Apple to Microsoft: Stop with the ads
The Seattle Times, July 15, 2009
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