SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
New ag program offers students more flexibility
Wenatchee World, August 27, 2009
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090827/NEWS04/708279876
Diversity was fodder for firing of Renton Technical College president
Northwest Asian Weekly, August 27, 2009
Edmonds Community College to create aerospace training center
Puget Sound Business Journal. August 27, 2009
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/24/daily42.html
WVC training orchard left dormant
Changing times have forced Wenatchee Valley College to walk away from the student orchard that was the pride of its agriculture program.
Wenatchee World, August 27, 2009
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090827/NEWS04/708279942/0/FAM?WVC-training-orchard-left-dormant
Learning Center at WWCC to close Monday
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, August 28, 2009
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/08/27/local_news/090827local03learningcenter.txt
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Opportunity at a Bargain Price / Two-year schools give people a serious chance at a better life
Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/CCsRGood
49 of 50 states lose manufacturing jobs
Puget Sound Business Journal, August 27, 2009
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/24/daily36.html
Textbooks for the Disabled
Publishers open an online system designed to replace the tedious, costly and lawsuit-ridden process of supplying disabled students with course materials.
Inside Higher Ed, August 28, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/28/access
Academic Counseling Matters
Inside Higher Ed, August 28, 2009
Experiment in Ohio suggests the impact of student services that many community colleges haven't been able to afford.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/28/counseling
Anticipating Impact of New GI Bill
Inside Higher Ed, August 28, 2009
Report suggests veterans, who typically have flocked to community colleges and attended part-time, now might seek out more expensive four-year universities and enroll full-time because of expanded benefits package.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/28/gibill
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Kilmer Appointed to Joint Veterans and Military Committee
Kitsap Sun, August 27, 2009
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/27/kilmer-appointed-to-joint-veterans-and-military/
FRIDAY LITE NEWS
Multitaskers easily distrac … oh, look, a pony!
Good Morning Silicon Valley, August 25, 2009
http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/08/multitaskers-easily-distrac-oh-look-a-pony.html
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