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Casino workers to get college-level training
Seattle Times, September 2, 2009 (Olympic)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2009788462_suquamish02.html
Delta High launches new era in Tri-City education
Tri-City Herald, September 2, 2009 (Columbia Basin)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/701181.html
Community College a Research Puzzle
In Washington state, community college educators also seem to be making headway with a program known as I-BEST, for Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training, in which a basic-skills instructor and a college-level vocational instructor team up to teach the same class. Education Week News
Education Week News, September 2, 2009 (South Seattle CC)
http://www.sbctc.edu/docs/news/2009sept_i-best_education_week.htm
He’s reaching for a slice of fame / Woodbury student has set sights on becoming the next big reality show star
He’s majoring in communications at Woodbury University after transferring from Clark College in Vancouver, Wash.
Burbank Leaders, September 2, 2009
http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2009/09/02/entertainment/blr-nextstar02.txt
Lessons from the listening lady
The Vancouver Voice, Sept. 2, 2009 (Clark College)
http://www.vanvoice.com/article/19972-lessons-listening-lady
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
In case you missed it, recession now over
Seattle Times, September 2, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009788213_recessionends02.html
Use Social Media
Inside Higher Ed, September 2, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/leaving_academia/hikel4
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