SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
CLARIFICATION
There will not be football teams at South Puget Sound, Tacoma, Green River, or Yakima Valley Community Colleges. [“Wanting to bring JC football back to life,” The Olympian, July 21] The colleges have engaged their AGs and Dick McClain, Executive Director of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges, in an effort to overcome this misrepresentation and to dissociate from this wholly independent football league. The league’s decision to create teams in these colleges’ communities – and to require players to be enrolled in a minimum of 5 credits at the college in the respective community – was not done in affiliation with either the colleges nor NWAACC.
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Clark College president helps former inmate with second chance
The [Battleground] Reflector, July 20, 2009
http://www.thereflector.com/thisweek/knight.php
Gregoire: State Has 47,000 'Green' Jobs
Gov. Chris Gregoire testified before a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday, touting the state’s success at creating clean, green jobs and tipping her hat to the green training programs at Washington’s two-year colleges. … At Olympic College, architects and those involved in the building industry can earn a certificate in sustainable building during a nine-month program.
Kitsap Sun, July 21, 2009
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/21/gregoire-state-has-47000-green-jobs/
Two-year-colleges brace for busy year
The News Tribune, July 22, 2009 (Bates, Clover Park, Pierce, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/818125.html#user_comments
Enrollment surging at county's two-year colleges
The News Tribune, July 22, 2009 (Bates, Clover Park, Pierce, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/818020.html
21 Acres Builds Green Quality and Quality Support
The Open Press, July 22, 2009 (Ron Wheadon, Cascadia)
http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=view&code=04&industry=168
Interest in AmeriCorps explodes as economy tanks
KATU TV Portland, July 22, 2009 (Cascadia CC, Seattle Central CC)
http://www.katu.com/news/51336267.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Obama's community college plan no threat to for-profits
… One of the reasons Apollo was successful with its two-year programs was they make it so easy for someone to continue to work full time and enroll in school," … "Community colleges are not good at that..." We think for-profits will continue to outshine community colleges on student support services, flexible schedules, and lower teacher to student ratios," J.P. Morgan Securities' Andrew Steinerman wrote ... However, if the dollars are applied to making these programs more successful, at some level it could eat into Apollo's business …
Reuters, July 21, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSBNG50380720090721
Opinion: Bashing Career Colleges
Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203946904574299992289841598.html
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Aid Bill Moves, Amid Misgivings
Inside Higher Ed, July 22, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/22/house
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