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Aerospace center may be model
… state officials made an example of plans for the aerospace institute, so far aided by a two-year lease from Snohomish County and a partnership with community colleges and an aerospace group. Training hasn’t kept pace with rapid technological growth in the work force, said Eleni Papadakis, executive director of the state State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board.
The Herald, July 30, 2009
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090730/BIZ/707309951/1005#Aerospace%0Acenter.may.be.model
Clark College seals time capsule
The Daily Insider [fourth story] -- July 31, 2009
http://www.dailyinsider.info/2009/07_31_09.html
Changing Careers [profiles of Clark College students as part of a series on "Living Lean: Surviving the recession"]
The Columbian, July 30, 2009
http://www.clark.edu/news_events/documents/ChangingCareersColumbian07-30-09.pdf
Boeing donates 747 engine to Everett Community College’s aviation program
The Herald, Aug. 1, 2009
State approves another bachelor’s degree at Bellevue College
Bellevue Reporter, August 3, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/news/52309447.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Texas education chief suggests voluntary ban on hiring dropouts
The Dallas Morning News, July 31, 2009
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/073109dntexdropouts.4503be1.html
Business Is Brisk for Teacher Training Alternatives
The high unemployment rate has provided an unexpected boon for the nation's public schools: legions of career-switchers eager to become teachers.
Washington Post, July 31, 2009
College students are flocking to sustainability degrees, careers
USA Today, August 2, 2009
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-08-02-sustainability-degrees_N.htm
Community colleges gaining respect, admissions
San Francisco Chronicle, August 2, 2009
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/31/CMDL18EMCG.DTL
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