SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Bates Technical College unveils afternoon high school program
Tacoma Daily Index, July 23,2009
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1593480&more=0
Culinary students win for pear recipes
Nicole Mau, a student at South Seattle Community College, took first place with a red anjou pear frite.
The Packer, July 23, 2009
More at: http://blog.usapears.org/
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Confessions of a Community College Dean: Boards
Anne Neal, President of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, did a piece in yesterday's IHE [The Potty-Trained Trustee] that really requires a full post to answer. As near as I can tell – and her piece is so scattered that it's honestly hard to tell – she seems to argue that boards of trustees have become captives of college presidents, and that the Association of Governing Boards implicitly endorses that role confusion in its latest survey.
Inside Higher Ed, July 24, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean/boards
Education is the key to America's economic recovery
The Houston Chronicle, July 24, 2009
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6544746.html
A Resignation and a Proposal
President of financial aid group quits amid charges related to past position, as student aid officials put forward alternative to Obama student loan plan.
Inside Higher Ed, July 24, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/24/finaid
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
New name, mission for office /Changes For Department: Commerce hopes to shift focus to jobs promotion
The Olympian, July 24, 2009
http://www.theolympian.com/stategovernment/story/919592.html
Energy focus of Chopp visit
Chopp was in the Tri-Cities to see the fruits of some of the Legislature's labor, such as a new building under construction at Columbia Basin College and the Bioproducts, Science and Engineering Laboratory at Washington State University Tri-Cities -- both using at least some money appropriated by the state.
Tri-City Herald, July 24, 2009
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/657299.html
FRIDAY LITE NEWS
Monkey Breaks Into Plant Shop
First Coast News (TX), July 21, 2009
Video link upper right http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=142024&catid=82
Editorial: Is a monkey crime wave so hard to imagine?
Dallas Morning News, July 24, 2009
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