Thursday, July 9, 2009

NEWS LINKS | July 9, 2009

SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges


 

SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS

 

Educator, restaurateur Ellis Dunn dies / Longtime Clark College instructor, dean owned cafe in Ridgefield

The Columbian, July 7, 2009

http://www.columbian.com/article/20090708/NEWS02/707089941/Educator++restaurateur+Ellis+Dunn+dies

 

LCC students and instructors discuss good, bad of faculty rating sites

The Daily News, July 7, 2009

http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/09/top_story/doc4a5538669fcb6210854978.txt

 

Developmentally Disabled, Unable to Speak ... Ready to Work?

Seattle Weekly, July 7, 2009 (Highline CC)

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-07-08/news/developmentally-disabled-unable-to-speak-ready-to-work/

 

How WVC cut $1.1 million

Wenatchee World, July 9, 2009

http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090709/NEWS04/707099908

 

Bates faculty receive distinguished award

Tacoma Weekly, July 9, 2009

http://www.tacomaweekly.com/article/3295/

 

Students explore medicine / Colleges, universities team with hospitals to promote field

The Olympian, July 9, 2009 (South Puget Sound CC)

http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/905563.html

 

Another idea to aid aerospace takes off today

From an advisory sent out a short time ago, the venture involves Snohomish County, the Aerospace Futures Alliance, Edmonds Community College and Spokane Community College. Business and labor leaders will be on hand to discuss what is described as a joint venture geared toward improving the state’s aerospace workforce training.

The Herald, July 9, 2009

http://heraldnet.com/article/20090709/BLOG13/907099995/0/NEWS01

 

 

TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION

 

Agreement Reached to Establish Community College Policy Center

Education Commission of the States  (news release), July 9, 2009

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-09-2009/0005057030&EDATE=

 

College Dreams Deferred

Survey finds many poor students putting college plans on hold

Youth Today, July 8, 2009

http://www.youthtoday.org/publication/article.cfm?article_id=3302

 

Former city college chancellor charged

… He also tapped the fund when alumni got parking tickets on campus, when he needed to buy alcohol for parties and to pay his City Club dues, an aide told the district attorney's investigators.

San Francisco Gate, July 8, 2008

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/08/MN9S18L1J2.DTL

 

 


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